Thanks for the replies. I posted the question on Stack Overflow and figured it out from there.
my_span = @@ie.span(:id, "dnn_ctr353_Main_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl07_Field_048b9dfa-bc64-42e4-8bd5- b45385e5f45b_view_value") my_p = my_span.p(:class, "wpFieldValue") return my_p.text On Jul 20, 7:16 pm, George <george.sand...@gmail.com> wrote: > It looks like it's wrapped in a <p> tag, which should be accessible > via Watir: > > puts @browser.p(:class, "wpFieldValue").text > > This has worked for me in the past. > > -George > > On Jul 15, 2:18 am, ryanthescot <ryanthes...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > <span class="wpFieldViewContent" > > id="dnn_ctr353_Main_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl07_Field_048b9dfa- > > bc64-42e4-8bd5-b45385e5f45b_view_value"> > > <p class="wpFieldValue ">Bishop</p> > > </span> > > > I am trying to get the value 'Bishop' from this HTML to use in an if > > statement, but I cant find a way of getting the element. > > > Can someone advise how i might do so? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com