I tried to use the function that you had put up at the link below: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/ruby-talk/3690066
Made a few changes though: def element *args arg1, arg2 = args # this is needed so hashes would work as input elements = [ :table, :link, :cell, :image, :checkbox, :radio, :text_field, :select_list, :button] # Watir elements which elements.each do |el| # iterate over each element element = self.send(el, arg1, arg2) return element if element.exists? # return element if it exists end nil # return nil if element was not found end end Added a few elements more. Now the problem I am facing with this is that when I use it with a select-multiple list, I get an error "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:525:in `method_missing': unknown property or method `checked' (WIN32OLERuntimeError)", which means it is taking it as a checkbox. Now if I delete ':checkbox' from the elements array of the function, it takes up the next element instead of taking up ':select_list'. Does the job apparently if I put up ':select_list' before ':checkbox' in the array, still gives me an error "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:68:in `select_item_in_select_list': undefined method `matches' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)" Please do let me know a possible solution to this. Thanks and Regards, Betsy Joy. On Jan 19, 2:19 pm, Jarmo Pertman <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > As I answered to your question in Ruby-Forum, I'm going to paste the > answer here also. I used different approach than xpath, since I've > discovered that XPath in Watir+IE is really-really slow. I haven't > benchmarked my current solution, but last time I tried something like > text_field(:name, /blah/) or text_field(:name, "blah") or text_field > (:xpath, "blah") then with xpath it took about 100x+ more time than > with other solutions. It has mentioned somewhere else before that > Watir builds up DOM and then gets stuff from that with XPath or > something. Maybe someone could say about that in little more detail. > > Anyway, there is my solution for that problem, give it a try and > benchmark it against xpath solution if you'd like: > Okay. I did something like this. Downside of this implementation is > that > it iterates through all elements before finding the correct one. So > if > you'd search for text_field, then first it would search for a button, > then for a link and just after that text_field. You can of course > change > the sequence to be something else and to include some other elements. > Also, please bear in mind, that firstelement, which exist with these > attributes will be returned. > > I'd suggest to use b.text_field(:blah, blah) instead of .elementin > the > future anyway, but I'll provide here one working example: > > require 'watir' > > class Watir::IE # monkey-patch Watir's IE class > defelement*args > arg1, arg2 = args # this is needed so hashes would work as input > paremeters as with regular Watir > elements = [:button, :link, :text_field] # Watir elements which > will > be searched > > elements.each do |el| # iterate over eachelement > element= self.send(el, arg1, arg2) > > returnelementifelement.exists? # returnelementif it exists > on > page > end > nil # return nil ifelementwas not found > end > end > > b = Watir::IE.new > b.goto "http://www.google.com"; > > google_text_field = b.element(:name, "q") #accesstext_field with > two > parameters > > google_button = b.element(:name, "btnG") #accessit with two > parameters > > p google_text_field.class # outputs Watir::TextField > p google_button.class # outputs Watir::Button > > google_text_field.value = "ruby" # type "ruby" into search string > text > field > google_button.click # and click search > > puts b.text.include?("Ruby Programming Language") # outputs true > > # this only works with Watir 1.6.x+ versions > puts b.element(:text => "Ruby Programming Language", :index => 1).href > # > multiple attributes, e.g. first link with specified text > > Best regards, > Jarmo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
