Edit this Doc Get Active Element

Gets the active element of the current session

Example Usage

WebElement currentElement = driver.switchTo().activeElement();


element = driver.switch_to.active_element


// webdriver.io example
driver.getActiveElement();

// wd example
let element = await driver.active();


# ruby_lib example
switch_to.active_element

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.switch_to.active_element


IWebElement currentElement = driver.SwitchTo().ActiveElement();

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation None None None
Android UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator None None None
Mac Mac ?+ 1.6.4+ All
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All seleniumhq.github.io
Python All selenium-python.readthedocs.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

'GET'(W3C), 'POST'(JSONWP) /session/:session_id/element/active

URL Parameters

None

JSON Parameters

None

Response

A JSON object for the located element (object)

See Also