# Get Element Text

Gets the text of the specified element

#### Selector

* [Selector](https://docs.browserflow.app/guides/selectors) for the element with text

#### Store result in variable

* Name of the variable to store the text

#### Use blank text if element is missing

* If selected, Browserflow will use an empty string as the element's text if the element does not exist
  * By default, Browserflow will wait for the element to appear and exit with an error if the element cannot be found
* This is useful when an element appears inconsistently (e.g. when looping through a list of elements where some elements contain a particular piece of data but others don't)