On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Ben Mabey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Sassak wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm writing a scenario that needs to select date values from a form >> created with Rails' form_for() method, and I'm looking for a clean way >> to do that by specifying only the label (in this case "Date"), rather >> than by selecting from each select list one by one. >> >> What I'd like to be able to write is: >> >> When I select "2008-November-13" from "Date" >> >> (or something similar), but this fails because the Date label doesn't >> really apply to the individual select_lists. If I write instead >> >> When I select "2008" from "id_from_year_select_1i" >> >> it works, but then I not only need to do that once for each select, >> but I need to specify the id, which could change if my model changes. >> The first problem could be gotten around by writing a new webrat step >> (corresponding to, say, "When I select the date "2008-November-13" >> from "Date") but I would still need to specify the ids from each >> select. Is there is a better way to do this? >> >> Thanks, >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> rspec-users mailing list >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> > > Hey Mike, > What I have done in the past is used the following helper in my stories: > > def selects_time(id_prefix, time) > selects time.year, :from => "#{id_prefix}_1i" > selects time.strftime('%B'), :from => "#{id_prefix}_2i" # month name, > selects time.day, :from => "#{id_prefix}_3i" > selects time.hour.to_s.rjust(2,'0'), :from => "#{id_prefix}_4i" > selects time.min.to_s.rjust(2,'0'), :from => "#{id_prefix}_5i" > end
Somebody should wrap that up in a plugin! I've done that before too. I can do it in March sometime, so if any of you can do it sooner, that'd rock :) > > I would use Time.parse to convert the string from the scenario to feed it > into the helper. In my particular case the id prefix could be inferred > easily from th the step, but your case might be different. That should > hopefully get you started though. > > -Ben > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
