Method: Capybara::Node::Simple#text

Defined in:
lib/capybara/node/simple.rb

#text(_type = nil, normalize_ws: false) ⇒ String

Returns The text of the element.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The text of the element



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# File 'lib/capybara/node/simple.rb', line 31

def text(_type = nil, normalize_ws: false)
  txt = native.text
  normalize_ws ? txt.gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ').strip : txt
end