.getTagName() Suggest edits


Query for an element's tag name.

getTagName() will automatically wait for the element to be present (until the specified timeout). If the element is not found, an error is thrown which will cause the test to fail. Starting with v1.2 you can suppress element not found errors by specifying the suppressNotFoundErrors option.

Usage

.getTagName(selector, callback)
.getTagName(using, selector, callback)

Parameters

Name Type description
using
Optional		 string

The locator strategy to use. See W3C Webdriver - locator strategies
selector string|object

The selector (CSS/Xpath) used to locate the element. Can either be a string or an object which specifies element properties.
callback function

Callback function which is called with the result value.

Returns

Type description
number The element's tag name, as a lowercase string.

Example

module.exports = {
  demoTest(browser) {
    browser.getTagName('#login', function(result) {
      console.log('result', result);
    });

    // with explicit locate strategy
    browser.getTagName('css selector', '#login', function(result) {
      console.log('result', result);
    });

    // with selector object - see https://nightwatchjs.org/guide#element-properties
    browser.getTagName({
      selector: '#login',
      index: 1,
      suppressNotFoundErrors: true
    }, function(result) {
      console.log('result', result);
    });
  },

  demoTestAsync: async function(browser) {
    const result = await browser.getTagName('#login');
    console.log('tagName', result);
  }
}

W3C WebDriver spec