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         <article data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement">


   <h1 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement" class="text-break">
 Interface IWebElement  <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L32"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h1>

   <div class="facts text-secondary">
     <dl><dt>Namespace</dt><dd><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.html">OpenQA</a>.<a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.html">Selenium</a></dd></dl>
   <dl><dt>Assembly</dt><dd>WebDriver.dll</dd></dl>
   </div>

   <div class="markdown summary"><p>Defines the interface through which the user controls elements on the page.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public interface IWebElement : ISearchContext</code></pre>
   </div>


   <dl class="typelist inheritedMembers">
     <dt>Inherited Members</dt>
     <dd>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.ISearchContext.html#OpenQA_Selenium_ISearchContext_FindElement_OpenQA_Selenium_By_">ISearchContext.FindElement(By)</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.ISearchContext.html#OpenQA_Selenium_ISearchContext_FindElements_OpenQA_Selenium_By_">ISearchContext.FindElements(By)</a>
     </div>
   </dd></dl>


   <h2 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_remarks">Remarks</h2>
   <div class="markdown level0 remarks"><p>The <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html">IWebElement</a> interface represents an HTML element.
 Generally, all interesting operations to do with interacting with a page will
 be performed through this interface.</p>
 </div>


   <h2 class="section" id="properties">Properties
 </h2>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Displayed_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Displayed*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Displayed" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Displayed">
   Displayed
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L87"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether or not this element is displayed.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">bool Displayed { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Displayed_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Displayed">Displayed</a> property avoids the problem
 of having to parse an element's &quot;style&quot; attribute to determine
 visibility of an element.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Enabled_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Enabled*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Enabled" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Enabled">
   Enabled
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L57"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether or not this element is enabled.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">bool Enabled { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Enabled_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Enabled">Enabled</a> property will generally
 return <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">true</a> for everything except explicitly disabled input elements.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Location_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Location*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Location" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Location">
   Location
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L72"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.point">Point</a> object containing the coordinates of the upper-left corner
 of this element relative to the upper-left corner of the page.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">Point Location { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.point">Point</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Selected_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Selected*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Selected" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Selected">
   Selected
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L65"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether or not this element is selected.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">bool Selected { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Selected_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>This operation only applies to input elements such as checkboxes,
 options in a select element and radio buttons.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Size_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Size*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Size" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Size">
   Size
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L78"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Size">Size</a> object containing the height and width of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">Size Size { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.size">Size</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_TagName_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.TagName*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_TagName" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.TagName">
   TagName
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L43"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the tag name of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string TagName { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_TagName_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_TagName">TagName</a> property returns the tag name of the
 element, not the value of the name attribute. For example, it will return
 &quot;input&quot; for an element specified by the HTML markup &lt;input name=&quot;foo&quot; /&gt;.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Text_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Text*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Text" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Text">
   Text
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L49"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Get the visible (i.e. not hidden by CSS) text of this element, including sub-elements.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string Text { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h2 class="section" id="methods">Methods
 </h2>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Clear_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Clear*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Clear" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Clear">
   Clear()
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L96"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Clears the content of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">void Clear()</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Clear_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>If this element is a text entry element, the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Clear">Clear()</a>
 method will clear the value. It has no effect on other elements. Text entry elements
 are defined as elements with INPUT or TEXTAREA tags.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Click_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Click*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Click" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Click">
   Click()
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L137"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Clicks this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">void Click()</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Click_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>
 Click this element. If the click causes a new page to load, the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Click">Click()</a>
 method will attempt to block until the page has loaded. After calling the
 <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Click">Click()</a> method, you should discard all references to this
 element unless you know that the element and the page will still be present.
 Otherwise, any further operations performed on this element will have an undefined.
 behavior.
 </p>
 <p>
 If this element is not clickable, then this operation is ignored. This allows you to
 simulate a users to accidentally missing the target when clicking.
 </p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetAttribute*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetAttribute(System.String)">
   GetAttribute(string)
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L173"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the value of the specified attribute for this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string? GetAttribute(string attributeName)</code></pre>
   </div>

   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>attributeName</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The name of the attribute.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>

   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The attribute's current value. Returns a <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/null">null</a> if the
 value is not set.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_System_String__remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_System_String_">GetAttribute(string)</a> method will return the current value
 of the attribute, even if the value has been modified after the page has been
 loaded. Note that the value of the following attributes will be returned even if
 there is no explicit attribute on the element:
 <table><thead><tr><th class="term">Attribute name</th><th class="term">Value returned if not explicitly specified</th><th class="term">Valid element types</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="description">checked</td><td class="description">checked</td><td class="description">Check Box</td></tr><tr><td class="description">selected</td><td class="description">selected</td><td class="description">Options in Select elements</td></tr><tr><td class="description">disabled</td><td class="description">disabled</td><td class="description">Input and other UI elements</td></tr></tbody></table>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetCssValue_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetCssValue*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetCssValue_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetCssValue(System.String)">
   GetCssValue(string)
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L210"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the value of a CSS property of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string GetCssValue(string propertyName)</code></pre>
   </div>

   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>propertyName</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The name of the CSS property to get the value of.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>

   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The value of the specified CSS property.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetCssValue_System_String__remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The value returned by the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetCssValue_System_String_">GetCssValue(string)</a>
 method is likely to be unpredictable in a cross-browser environment.
 Color values should be returned as hex strings. For example, a
 &quot;background-color&quot; property set as &quot;green&quot; in the HTML source, will
 return &quot;#008000&quot; for its value.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomAttribute_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetDomAttribute*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomAttribute_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetDomAttribute(System.String)">
   GetDomAttribute(string)
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L188"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the value of a declared HTML attribute of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string? GetDomAttribute(string attributeName)</code></pre>
   </div>

   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>attributeName</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The name of the HTML attribute to get the value of.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>

   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The HTML attribute's current value. Returns a <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/null">null</a> if the
 value is not set or the declared attribute does not exist.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomAttribute_System_String__remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>As opposed to the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_System_String_">GetAttribute(string)</a> method, this method
 only returns attributes declared in the element's HTML markup. To access the value
 of an IDL property of the element, either use the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetAttribute_System_String_">GetAttribute(string)</a>
 method or the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.html#OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomProperty_System_String_">GetDomProperty(string)</a> method.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomProperty_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetDomProperty*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetDomProperty_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetDomProperty(System.String)">
   GetDomProperty(string)
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   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the value of a JavaScript property of this element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string? GetDomProperty(string propertyName)</code></pre>
   </div>

   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>propertyName</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The name of the JavaScript property to get the value of.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>

   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The JavaScript property's current value. Returns a <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/null">null</a> if the
 value is not set or the property does not exist.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetShadowRoot_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetShadowRoot*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_GetShadowRoot" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.GetShadowRoot">
   GetShadowRoot()
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/IWebElement.cs/#L217"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the representation of an element's shadow root for accessing the shadow DOM of a web component.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">ISearchContext GetShadowRoot()</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.ISearchContext.html">ISearchContext</a></dt>
     <dd><p>A shadow root representation.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.NoSuchShadowRootException.html">NoSuchShadowRootException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when this element does not have a shadow root.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_SendKeys_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.SendKeys*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_SendKeys_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.SendKeys(System.String)">
   SendKeys(string)
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   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Simulates typing text into the element.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">void SendKeys(string text)</code></pre>
   </div>

   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>text</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The text to type into the element.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_SendKeys_System_String__remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The text to be typed may include special characters like arrow keys,
 backspaces, function keys, and so on. Valid special keys are defined in
 <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.html">Keys</a>.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.InvalidElementStateException.html">InvalidElementStateException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is not enabled.</p>
 </dd>
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>

   <dl class="typelist seealso">
     <dt>See Also</dt>
     <dd>
     <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.html">Keys</a></div>
     </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Submit_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Submit*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Submit" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement.Submit">
   Submit()
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   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Submits this element to the web server.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">void Submit()</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_IWebElement_Submit_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>If this current element is a form, or an element within a form,
 then this will be submitted to the web server. If this causes the current
 page to change, then this method will block until the new page is loaded.</p>
 </div>

   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.StaleElementReferenceException.html">StaleElementReferenceException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


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