>
>
>
>  In my experience using SWTBot, I've seen that a direct qualifier (such
>> as a label name or a combo's value) is good enough for many cases. But
>> there are many other cases where such a unique identifier is not readily
>> available (as you mentioned earlier, trees, lists, etc. fall in this
>> category). I don't really like using an index to identify a widget.
>> Seems too fragile to me. But thats just my personal opinion.
>>
>> Anyway, as a solution for the recorder, I was thinking more along the
>> lines of letting the user choose what strategy to use. We can have
>> something like a 'Detailed' mode for the recorder, whereby, whenever a
>> selection has to be made, a dialog will pop up with multiple options for
>> the user to choose from. The options might include selection by index,
>> selection by label, selection by group, etc. - whatever is applicable in
>> that scenario.
>>
>> - Vasanth
>>
>
>
> Bang on target on both the notes :) These are very much along the lines of
> the thoughts that have been going through my mind.
>
> Cheers!
>
> -- Ketan
>


Cool! I will look into the user-decides-accessor-strategy feature at some
point, after adding recorder support for some more widgets.

- Vasanth
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