On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:20 PM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 :) >
Or better yet - add it to webrat proper and ask Bryan to pull it. (It's rails specific, so it should only be in the rails part of webrat). Aslak >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
