On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Jonathan Share wrote: > On Jan 18, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Szewczyk Dratewka wrote: > >> Thanks, setting the values to false gets the test working. I didn't know >> that using >> tellurium engine and css selectors had implications on using xpath. This >> makes me think >> that maybe I don't have to use xpath at all. Till now I've been trying to >> use it to solve a case >> in which there is a bunch of links like so: >> >> <div class='menu'> >> <a href="http://www.foo.com";><span>Foo</span></a> >> <a href="http://www.bar.com";><span>Bar</span></a> >> </div> >> >> and I want to get the foo link. Now if there was no <span> inside, I could >> just use >> ui.UrlLink(uid: "TheLink", clocator : [tag :"a", text : "Foo"]) >> >> but the <span> makes it more difficult. Obviously I can use xpath to do >> this, but >> is there a better alternative? > > > Did you actually try this definition? The check for text tests against the > textContent of an element. The textContent of your <a> element is still "Foo" > even though there is also a <span> in the dom. > > If this a reduced example and the actual dom has whitespace between the > elements then you might need to use the definition; > > ui.UrlLink(uid: "TheLink", clocator : [tag :"a", text : "*Foo"]) > > in order to match the link that contains the text Foo. > > Another alternative solution (if the order of the links i guaranteed) would > be; > > ui.Container(id:'menu', clocator:[tag:'div', 'class': 'menu') { > UrlLink(id:'foo', clocator: [position: '1']) > } > > click 'menu.foo' > > Which will then click on the first link in the containing element. > > Regards, > > Jonathan
A third option, and possibly the best as it doesn't tie you to the localisation of the site under test, would be to match against the href attribute of the link of possible ui.UrlLink(uid: "TheLink", clocator : [tag :"a", href : "*foo.com"]) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tellurium-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tellurium-users?hl=en.
