getElementRect function

Return the dimensions and coordinates of an element

getElementRect The getElementRect fuinction returns the dimensions and coordinates of the given web element.

getElementRect(webElem, ...)

Arguments

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

Returns

The returned value is a list including the following members:

• x: X axis position of the top-left corner of the web element relative to the current browsing context’s document element in CSS reference pixels.
• y: Y axis position of the top-left corner of the web element relative to the current browsing context’s document element in CSS reference pixels.
• height: Height of the web element’s bounding rectangle in CSS reference pixels.
• width: Width of the web element’s bounding rectangle in CSS reference pixels.

Examples

## Not run:

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

  # select the search box
  searchElem <- remDr %>% findElement("name", "q")

  # get the name of our element
  searchElem %>% getElementAttribute("name")

  # get the css background-color
  searchElem %>% getElementCssValue("background-color")
  blueScript <- "arguments[0].style.backgroundColor = 'blue';"
  remDr %>% executeScript(blueScript, list(searchElem))
  searchElem %>% getElementCssValue("background-color")

  # get the javascript property
  # searchElem %>% getElementProperty("backgroundColor")

  # get dimensions
  searchElem %>% getElementRect

  searchElem %>% getElementTagName

  # get some text and return it
  remDr %>% go("http://r-project.org")
  remDr %>% findElement("css", "h1") %>% getElementText

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

See Also

Other elementState functions: getElementAttribute, getElementCssValue, getElementProperty, getElementTagName, getElementText, isElementEnabled, isElementSelected