Add Cypress Equivalent of Selenium getText()

[ValerieThoma]

Cypress user's are frequently asking (in Gitter) for Cypress's equivalent of Selenium's getText().
Adding this to the first topic How do I get an element's text content? in Using Cypress FAQ.

[jimsmith1562]

i see this was closed, but don't see an answer. struggling with this myself at the moment, can't find answer

[jennifer-shehane]

It is in the FAQ, findable through our documentation's search.

https://on.cypress.io/using-cypress-faq#How-do-I-get-an-element%E2%80%99s-text-contents

[Abhilash-Srinivasa]

There is a great solution at cypress-io/cypress#630 (comment)