"VerifyTextPresent" returning incorrect result for Selenium IDE

testing selenium automated-tests selenium-ide
Aditya picture Aditya · Nov 10, 2009 · Viewed 12.4k times · Source

I am using Selenium IDE to record some scenarios and wanted to check if a particular text is present on the page. I inserted a command "VerifyTextPresent". However, it always returns the result as true even when the particular text is not present.

What can be the probable reason? Do I need to modify anything?

Answer

ulkash picture ulkash · Nov 10, 2009

Looking at the sourcecode it looks like you are putting the text you are searching for in the incorrect field. verifyTextPresent (and assert...) has only two parameters unlike verifyText which also requires a target.

Unlike verifyText the text element you are searching for should be entered into the second field 'Target' not in 'Value'.

thus the code becomes

<tr>
<td>verifyTextPresent</td>
<td>XYZ</td>
<td></td></tr>

I made the same mistake when learning Selenium as the field names are misleading!

Related questions

In Selenium IDE, how to get the value of the base url

Is it possible to retrieve the value of the base url from inside a Selenium script (a plain HTML-saved script from Selenium IDE)? What I'm trying to do is verify the current url using assertLocation. But assertLocation returns the absolute …

Read More
Switch tabs using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Using Selenium WebDriver with JAVA. I am trying to automate a functionality where I have to open a new tab do some operations there and come back to previous tab (Parent). I used switch handle but it's not working. And …

Read More
How to select option in drop down protractorjs e2e tests

I am trying to select an option from a drop down for the angular e2e tests using protractor. Here is the code snippet of the select option: <select id="locregion" class="create_select ng-pristine ng-invalid ng-invalid-required" required="" ng-disabled="…

Read More