[wtr-general] Re: Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app
Sorry that my last email was cutoff. I was able to interact using :text for a number of controls and tabs. Certainly this will not be my last issue on ajax application but I will search the group and then will start a new thread for a new issue. At this point, the development will not change the way they generate :id's. Thanks. Hiroko Kogi On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:27 AM, H Kogi hko...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for your response. I have been searching information for some time and have not found anything that exactly resolve my problem. (I do use some code I found to use 'left-click' instead of standard 'click' for tabs). Tab labels, buton labels, and text labels stay the same. User will interact based on label with an exception of selecting an item from list which will not stay the same. Problem is not limited to one area or screen or one type of elements. The application has 7 tabs across the top which always stay visible. Accessing each tab will load different pages. Layout of each page is totally different. One screen may have a vertical navigation pane on the left and the right side may be split horizontally. One of horizontal pane may have several tabs across or several buttons on the top. Using index will not be reliable since it is content dependent. I hope this is detail enough to provide me some suggestions. Thanks in advance. Hiroko Kogi I finally talked to the developer who On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Mark Anderson mander...@drillinginfo.com wrote: The standard first answer to this question is how do you locate the element on the screen when running the test manually? Is it in a particular area? Does it always have the same text? Is it the third one on the page? Without that level of detail, we will have trouble giving you more than very general suggestions - although you might search the group if general suggestions might be helpful. Another piece of advice would be to work closely with the team that is writing the code. If they are changing the ids, ask them to stop. If things are being randomly generated, ask about including some sort of constant identifier that you can use for testability. Hope this helps, /\/\ark -Original Message- From: watir-general@googlegroups.com [mailto:watir- gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of HK Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:48 PM To: Watir General Subject: [wtr-general] Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app I am trying to automate testing on Ajax applications and only using Watir for 7 weeks. Majority of elements are dynamically generated. Values for id's keep changing and class values are not unique. Does anyone have suggestions how to deal with them? Some sample below. DIV class=x-panel-header x-panel-header-noborder x-unselectable id=ext-gen709 style=MozUserSelect: none; KhtmlUserSelect: none unselectable=on jQuery1249499643700=133 DIV class=x-tool x-tool-toggle x-tool-collapse-south id=ext- gen714 jQuery1249499643700=134nbsp;/DIV SPAN class=x-panel-header-text id=ext-gen734some text here/ SPAN /DIV TR TD class=x-btn-left Inbsp;/I /TD TD class=x-btn-center EM unselectable=on BUTTON class=x-btn-text id=ext-gen821 style=OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 56px jQuery1249499643700=152Label here/BUTTON /EM /TD TD class=x-btn-right Inbsp;/I /TD /TR __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4309 (20090805) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app
Thank you for your response. I have been searching information for some time and have not found anything that exactly resolve my problem. (I do use some code I found to use 'left-click' instead of standard 'click' for tabs). Tab labels, buton labels, and text labels stay the same. User will interact based on label with an exception of selecting an item from list which will not stay the same. Problem is not limited to one area or screen or one type of elements. The application has 7 tabs across the top which always stay visible. Accessing each tab will load different pages. Layout of each page is totally different. One screen may have a vertical navigation pane on the left and the right side may be split horizontally. One of horizontal pane may have several tabs across or several buttons on the top. Using index will not be reliable since it is content dependent. I hope this is detail enough to provide me some suggestions. Thanks in advance. Hiroko Kogi I finally talked to the developer who On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Mark Anderson mander...@drillinginfo.comwrote: The standard first answer to this question is how do you locate the element on the screen when running the test manually? Is it in a particular area? Does it always have the same text? Is it the third one on the page? Without that level of detail, we will have trouble giving you more than very general suggestions - although you might search the group if general suggestions might be helpful. Another piece of advice would be to work closely with the team that is writing the code. If they are changing the ids, ask them to stop. If things are being randomly generated, ask about including some sort of constant identifier that you can use for testability. Hope this helps, /\/\ark -Original Message- From: watir-general@googlegroups.com [mailto:watir- gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of HK Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:48 PM To: Watir General Subject: [wtr-general] Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app I am trying to automate testing on Ajax applications and only using Watir for 7 weeks. Majority of elements are dynamically generated. Values for id's keep changing and class values are not unique. Does anyone have suggestions how to deal with them? Some sample below. DIV class=x-panel-header x-panel-header-noborder x-unselectable id=ext-gen709 style=MozUserSelect: none; KhtmlUserSelect: none unselectable=on jQuery1249499643700=133 DIV class=x-tool x-tool-toggle x-tool-collapse-south id=ext- gen714 jQuery1249499643700=134nbsp;/DIV SPAN class=x-panel-header-text id=ext-gen734some text here/ SPAN /DIV TR TD class=x-btn-left Inbsp;/I /TD TD class=x-btn-center EM unselectable=on BUTTON class=x-btn-text id=ext-gen821 style=OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 56px jQuery1249499643700=152Label here/BUTTON /EM /TD TD class=x-btn-right Inbsp;/I /TD /TR __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4309 (20090805) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app
The standard first answer to this question is how do you locate the element on the screen when running the test manually? Is it in a particular area? Does it always have the same text? Is it the third one on the page? Without that level of detail, we will have trouble giving you more than very general suggestions - although you might search the group if general suggestions might be helpful. Another piece of advice would be to work closely with the team that is writing the code. If they are changing the ids, ask them to stop. If things are being randomly generated, ask about including some sort of constant identifier that you can use for testability. Hope this helps, /\/\ark -Original Message- From: watir-general@googlegroups.com [mailto:watir- gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of HK Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:48 PM To: Watir General Subject: [wtr-general] Dynamically generated elements on Ajax app I am trying to automate testing on Ajax applications and only using Watir for 7 weeks. Majority of elements are dynamically generated. Values for id's keep changing and class values are not unique. Does anyone have suggestions how to deal with them? Some sample below. DIV class=x-panel-header x-panel-header-noborder x-unselectable id=ext-gen709 style=MozUserSelect: none; KhtmlUserSelect: none unselectable=on jQuery1249499643700=133 DIV class=x-tool x-tool-toggle x-tool-collapse-south id=ext- gen714 jQuery1249499643700=134nbsp;/DIV SPAN class=x-panel-header-text id=ext-gen734some text here/ SPAN /DIV TR TD class=x-btn-left Inbsp;/I /TD TD class=x-btn-center EM unselectable=on BUTTON class=x-btn-text id=ext-gen821 style=OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 56px jQuery1249499643700=152Label here/BUTTON /EM /TD TD class=x-btn-right Inbsp;/I /TD /TR __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4309 (20090805) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4312 (20090806) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
