elementClear function

Clear an elements text value.

elementClear Clear a TEXTAREA or text INPUT element's value.

elementClear(webElem, ...)

Arguments

• webElem: An object of class "wElement". A web Element object see wbElement.
• ...: Additonal function arguments - Currently passes the retry argument.

Returns

invisible(webElem): An object of class "wElement" is invisibly returned. A webElement object see wbElement. This allows for chaining from this function to other functions that take such an object as an argument. See examples for further details.

Examples

## Not run:

  # start a brower
  remDr <- remoteDr()
  remDr %>% go("http://www.google.com/ncr")

  queryBox <- remDr %>% findElement("name", "q")

  # send text to the query box
  queryBox %>% elementSendKeys("Some ", "text")

  # clear the query box
  queryBox %>% elementClear

  # get the search button
  searchBtn <- remDr %>% findElement("name", "btnG")
  # send text to query box
  queryBox %>% elementSendKeys("R project")

  # click the search button
  searchBtn %>% elementClick

  # close browser
  remDr %>% deleteSession
## End(Not run)

See Also

Other elementInteraction functions: elementClick, elementSendKeys