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_element should become part of the official API (allows Selenium calls)

See original GitHub issue

Issue Description

Let’s look at some code similar to something I write using Splinter:

a = browser.find_by_id("foo")
txt = a._element.get_attribute('outerHTML')
try:
   txt.find('some HTML')
except:
   print("Test FAIL")
   return -1

The point being, I’m using _element to access a method in the underlying Selenium that Splinter does not appear to support.

We should make this part of the official API: If you want to do something with an element and Splinter does not support it, use _element to make the required Selenium call. This way, already written code does not need to be revised.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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andrewsmedinacommented, Aug 16, 2018

There is no plan to remove the _element for selenium based drivers. But If the community embrace the idea we can follow a path to make this official. Making a way to officially expose the driver element.

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andrewsmedinacommented, Aug 16, 2018

In the @samboy case it is possible to access the element attributes:

txt = a['outerHTML']

In @youtux case I believe that we should solve this add a execute_script by element

What do you guys think about it?

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