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Asserts a condition on the element’s text content. Each alias is its own single-key command. There is no separate condition or negated field. The positive and negative variants map directly to the table below.

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Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
elementstringNoNatural-language description of the target. Use exactly one of element, css, coords, or x/y.
cssstringNoCSS selector for the target. Use instead of the description key.
coordsstring | { x, y }NoAbsolute viewport coordinates. Either an x, y string (e.g. 120, 40) or a { x, y } object.
xnumber | stringNoX coordinate. Must be provided together with y.
ynumber | stringNoY coordinate. Must be provided together with x.
forcebooleanNoForce the action even when the element is not actionable.
iframestringNoURL or URL pattern of the iframe that contains the target element.
timeoutnumberNoMaximum time in milliseconds to wait for the condition to hold.
valuestringYesValue to compare against. Required for every condition except *Exists and *DoesNotExist.
saveAsstringNoName of the variable to write this step’s return value to.
retriesnumberNoNumber of times to retry the step on failure before failing the test.
skippedbooleanNoSkip this step at execution time.

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Examples

- checkElementContentEquals:
    element: the 'view code' button
    value: View Code

- checkElementContentEquals:
    element: sign in with google button
    value: "Sign in with Google "

- checkElementContentContains:
    element: the param_1 input showing default value
    timeout: 15000 # poll for up to 15s before failing
    value: option2

- checkElementContentContains:
    element: the in-progress menu item in the status menu
    value: In progress

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Notes

Aliases supported by this family:
Alias
checkElementContentExists
checkElementContentDoesNotExist
checkElementContentContains
checkElementContentDoesNotContain
checkElementContentEquals
checkElementContentDoesNotEqual
checkElementContentStartsWith
checkElementContentDoesNotStartWith