[wtr-general] Checking for contents of a text field
I'm trying to check if a field is populated on a page. This command works fine and returns found it: if ie.text_field(:value,'some value').exists? puts 'found it else puts did not find it end However this one doesn't: if ie.text_field(:id,mytextfield).value == 'some value' puts 'found it else puts did not find it end If I understand correctly the first example is looking for ALL text fields on the page to see if any of them have some value. The second is more specific and is looking at a particular text field. I know for certain that mytxtfield contains the text I am looking for ... -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Re: [wtr-general] Checking for contents of a text field
ie.text_field(:id,mytextfield).value will get the value in the text field. You can't get the text_field attribute value by it. Wesley. For life, the easier, the better. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Rats crapats...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I'm trying to check if a field is populated on a page. This command works fine and returns found it: if ie.text_field(:value,'some value').exists? puts 'found it else puts did not find it end However this one doesn't: if ie.text_field(:id,mytextfield).value == 'some value' puts 'found it else puts did not find it end If I understand correctly the first example is looking for ALL text fields on the page to see if any of them have some value. The second is more specific and is looking at a particular text field. I know for certain that mytxtfield contains the text I am looking for ... -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Checking for contents of a text field
You'd better not use :value to locate on text field. Because the value in text field can change manual. Wesley. For life, the easier, the better. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Wesley Chen cjq@gmail.com wrote: ie.text_field(:id,mytextfield).value will get the value in the text field. You can't get the text_field attribute value by it. Wesley. For life, the easier, the better. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Rats crapats...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I'm trying to check if a field is populated on a page. This command works fine and returns found it: if ie.text_field(:value,'some value').exists? puts 'found it else puts did not find it end However this one doesn't: if ie.text_field(:id,mytextfield).value == 'some value' puts 'found it else puts did not find it end If I understand correctly the first example is looking for ALL text fields on the page to see if any of them have some value. The second is more specific and is looking at a particular text field. I know for certain that mytxtfield contains the text I am looking for ... -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com
