diff --git a/csharptests/Program.cs b/csharptests/Program.cs
index af4ba3bb..ce75e402 100644
--- a/csharptests/Program.cs
+++ b/csharptests/Program.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,49 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             _.test("#firstName should have John (using == infix operator)", () =>
             {
                 _.url(testpage);
-                _.equals("#firstName", "John");
+                _.eq("#firstName", "John");
             });
 
+
+            _.test("#lastName should have Doe via read IWebElements", () =>
+            {
+                _.url(testpage);
+                var e = _.element("#lastname");
+                var value = _.read(e);
+                _.equality(value, "Doe");
+            });
+
+            _.test("clearing #firstName sets text to new empty string", () =>
+            {
+                _.url(testpage);
+                _.clear("#firstName");
+                _.eq("#firstName", "");
+            });
+
+            _.test("clearing #firstName sets text to new empty string via IWebElement", () =>
+            {
+                _.url(testpage);
+                _.clear(_.element("#firstName"));
+                _.eq("#firstName", "");
+            });
+
+            _.test("writing to #lastName sets text to Smith", () =>
+            {
+                _.url(testpage);
+                _.clear("#lastName");
+                _.write("#lastName", "Smith");
+                _.eq("#lastName", "Smith");
+            });
+            
+            _.test("writing to #lastName (as element) sets text to John", () =>
+            {
+                _.url(testpage);
+                var lastname = _.element("#lastname");
+                _.clear(lastname);
+                _.write(lastname, "John");
+                _.eq("#lastname", "John");
+            });
+           
             _.run();
 
             System.Console.ReadKey();
diff --git a/csharptests/csharptests.csproj b/csharptests/csharptests.csproj
index efadd808..8225f972 100644
--- a/csharptests/csharptests.csproj
+++ b/csharptests/csharptests.csproj
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="WebDriver, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
diff --git a/src/canopy/csharp.fs b/src/canopy/csharp.fs
index e1f8e645..d6a70d7e 100644
--- a/src/canopy/csharp.fs
+++ b/src/canopy/csharp.fs
@@ -36,7 +36,18 @@ type canopy () =
 
     static member quit () = canopy.core.quit ()
 
+    //element stuff
+    static member element selector = canopy.core.element selector
+
+    static member read selector = canopy.core.read selector
+
+    static member clear selector = canopy.core.clear selector
+
+    static member write selector value = selector << value
+
     //assertions
-    static member equals selector value = selector == value
+    static member eq selector value = selector == value
+
+    static member equality value1 value2 = value1 === value2
 
     static member count selector value = count selector value
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