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fix: Ensure getValue returns a string#15098

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fix: Ensure getValue returns a string#15098
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Fixes #15097 by ensuring that the element.getValue always returns a string as documented.

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//: # (The current main branch is the development branch for WebdriverIO v9. If your change should be released to the current major version of WebdriverIO (v8), please raise another PR with the same changes against the v8 branch.)

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As a side effect of having getElementProperty return unknown in #15003, it also changes the return type of getValue.

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@christian-bromann christian-bromann merged commit 7104596 into webdriverio:main Mar 6, 2026
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