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getTagName

Overview​

Use the getTagName command to get the tag name of a DOM element.

Usage​

await browser.$(selector).getTagName();

Usage Examples​

index.html

<div id="elem">Lorem ipsum</div>

getTagName.js

it("should demonstrate the getTagName command", async ({ browser }) => {
    const tagName = await browser.$("#elem").getTagName();

    console.log(tagName); // outputs: "div"
});

References​

We'd like to give credit to the original WebdriverIO docs article, from which we drew some information while writing our version.