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getTagName

Get tag name of a DOM-element found by given selector.

Usage

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browser.getTagName(selector);

Parameters

Param Type Details
selector String element with requested tag name

Example

index.html
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<div id="elem">Lorem ipsum</div>
getTagName.js
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it('should demonstrate the getTagName command', function () {
    var elem = $('#elem');

    var tagName = elem.getTagName();
    console.log(tagName); // outputs: "div"
})

Returns

  • <String/String[]>: the element’s tag name, as a lowercase string

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