Question

UPDATE 2:

something is very strange happening here…

as compare to my previous code, i wanted to know what exactly its getting the .Text and I found something weird the first line of code returns me A11 and not sure where does it coming from

string _name = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_EditControl1_gv']/tbody/tr[11]/td[3]")).Text;

//its failing no wonder…

Assert.IsTrue(_name.Equals("Selenium"));

but how come its working with firefox?

UPDATE:

using C#

here is the code i am using and its working fine with Firefox but not with IE8

Assert.IsTrue(driver.FindElement(By.XPath(“//*[@id=’ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_EditControl1_gv’]/tbody/tr[11]/td[3]”)).Text.Equals(“Selenium”));

get this error:

 failed: Assert.IsTrue failed. 

Answer 1

Assuming you’re using java try getText()

String foo = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_EditControl1_gv']/tbody/tr[11]/td[3]")).getText();

assertEquals(foo, "Selenium");