Browser Actions › Actions › Get Form Field Value
Returns a form field's value. For radio buttons, it'll be the value of the selected one of the radio set. For checkboxes, either 'checked' or 'unchecked'.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Browser
Section titled “Browser”The browser to work with.
Selecting "frontmost browser" will only work if the application currently in the foreground is a supported browser.
Type: Browser
Target tab
Section titled “Target tab”Specify which tab you want to work with. The option "active tab of frontmost window" will target the currently active tab at the time this action is executed, while "specific tab" will let you target an existing browser tab.
Options:
- active tab of frontmost window
- specific tab
Specific browser tab
Section titled “Specific browser tab”If Target tab is set to "specific tab", this parameter expects a browser tab reference.
Type: Browser Tab
Match form field
Section titled “Match form field”Select how the form field should be looked up, either by the field's name or id attribute, or by a CSS selector (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CSS_Selector for more info).
Options:
-
with
nameattribute of -
with
idattribute of - identified by CSS selector
Form field
Section titled “Form field”The form field descriptor, i.e. either the field's name or id attribute, or a CSS selector, depending on what's selected in Match form field.
Type: Text
Return Value
Section titled “Return Value”Text
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Search the Browser Actions community forum for "Get Form Field Value"