WebElement.getText and WebElement.getValue

[Daniel Wagner-Hall]

It seems WebElement.getText and WebElement.getValue essentially do the
same thing, except in mutually exclusive contexts (you wouldn't call
.getText and .getValue on the same element). Though it's fairly easy
to explain "Use value for form fields, and text where the text is
written on the page", it's been an intuitive issue with every
developer and tester I've introduced to Selenium. Before the beta is
pushed out, I wanted to float the idea of merging the methods, though
I guess it's unlikely :)

[Jason Leyba]

If anything, getValue should be removed since it's just WebElement.getAttribute("value").

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[Simon Stewart]

I've been wondering about this too. The only reason not to put the
deprecated tag on that method right now is that it makes interacting
with forms (a pretty common use case) simpler. OTOH, most form
interactions are "write mostly", so perhaps I worry to much.

Simon