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Element Handle content methods for the Playwright driver.

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innerHTML

Get the innerHTML of the element.
Discouraged in favor of locator.innerHTML().
Upstream docs
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result
string
Return value
await element.innerHTML();

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innerText

Get the innerText of the element.
Discouraged in favor of locator.innerText().
Upstream docs
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result
string
Return value
await element.innerText();

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textContent

Get the textContent of the element.
Discouraged in favor of locator.textContent().
Upstream docs
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result
string | null
Return value
await element.textContent();

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getAttribute

Get an attribute value of the element.
Discouraged in favor of locator.getAttribute().
Upstream docs
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name
string
required
Attribute name to get.
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result
string | null
Return value
await element.getAttribute('...');

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inputValue

Get the input value for input, textarea, or select elements.
Throws for non-input elements. Discouraged in favor of locator.inputValue().
Upstream docs
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options
PlaywrightTimeoutOptions
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result
string
Return value
await element.inputValue();

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getProperty

Get a JSHandle for a property of this element.
Note: Returns serialized handle reference. Full JSHandle support not yet available.
Upstream docs
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propertyName
string
required
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result
unknown
Return value
await element.getProperty('...');

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jsonValue

Get the JSON value of the element.
Throws if the object cannot be serialized to JSON (e.g., DOM nodes).
Upstream docs
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result
unknown
Return value
await element.jsonValue();