Playwright is a Node.js library used for browser automation. It supports multiple browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit. With Playwright, you can interact with input elements on a webpage in various ways. Here are a few methods:
1. page.type(selector, text[, options])
This method types the text into an input element selected by the provided selector.
await page.type('#myinput', 'Hello world');
2. page.fill(selector, value)
This method fills the input element with the provided value.
await page.fill('#myinput', 'Hello world');
3. page.click(selector[, options])
This method clicks an input element selected by the provided selector.
await page.click('#mybutton');
4. page.check(selector[, options])
and page.uncheck(selector[, options])
These methods can be used to interact with checkboxes.
await page.check('#mycheckbox');
await page.uncheck('#mycheckbox');
5. page.selectOption(selector, values[, options])
This method is used to select options in a dropdown.
await page.selectOption('#myselect', 'value1'); // Single selection
await page.selectOption('#myselect', ['value1', 'value2']); // Multiple selections
6. page.setInputFiles(selector, files[, options])
This method is used to set files for input elements of type file
.
await page.setInputFiles('#myinput', 'path/to/file');
These are just a few of many methods provided by Playwright to interact with input elements. Remember that all these methods return a Promise, so you have to await
for them to resolve.