just learned that you can compare elements in the devtools console by typing $$("input") this will return all of the input tags so you need to refine this further, by adding brackets []
$$("input[id='ipt2']") and the id of the element you are wanting to compare.
there is away to do this with xpath also
$x("") but this gets even more complicated and honestly i am still trying to figure it all out , i just want to add this to my own dumb comment from earlier, i went out and found an answer. so if anyone faces this later on i hope this helps or gives some idea on which direction to head in.
$$("input[id='ipt2']") and the id of the element you are wanting to compare.
there is away to do this with xpath also
$x("") but this gets even more complicated and honestly i am still trying to figure it all out , i just want to add this to my own dumb comment from earlier, i went out and found an answer. so if anyone faces this later on i hope this helps or gives some idea on which direction to head in.