unless my HTML is really rusty, 'b' tags are for boldface. normally I'd try looking the next container up. but in this case it would appear that whatever that container is (we can't tell from the fragment you gave us) there's more text in there than that.. including text in other <b> tags
You might end up having to learn a bit about regular expressions to tackle this one. I'm guessing you can't predict the URL for that link, or you'd be identifying it that way right? and that unlike your examples the URL for each link is in fact different (otherwise, clicking one is as good as clicking another) man too bad they didn't stick those things into a table or something, that would make your life a lot easier. is 'testability' a requirement for the site you are testing against? if so maybe you could persuade the devs to make a few changes that would make it easier to automate? like oh a 'Name' attribute for the link that is the same as the nearby text that identifies it visually On Jun 3, 9:38 am, James <jgcpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Darin - that's really helpful! Now I just need to know how to > latch onto the text surrounded by the <b></b>. Any ideas? If that > works, then I can definitely use the "after?" method to grab the link > after it. > > (I'm still looking at xpath, but I've never used xpath before and am > finding it quite confusing!) > > Thanks, > James > > On Jun 3, 12:27 pm, "Darin Duphorn" <dduph...@redbrickhealth.com> > wrote: > > > > > Below is code that gets the div that appears after a label, this might also > > help. > > > label_id = $ie.div(:after?, $ie.label(:text,'Home')).span(:index,1) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:24 AM > > To: Watir General > > Subject: [wtr-general] Re: Finding a specific instance of a repeated link > > via text surrounding it. > > > It's more like I just want to grab an element based on where it is in > > reference to another element, or in reference to text on the page. > > > I noticed Charley's mention of xpath and am looking into it right now > > - I think it might be what I'm looking for, unless someone has another > > suggestion. > > > James > > > On Jun 3, 12:21 pm, "Darin Duphorn" <dduph...@redbrickhealth.com> > > wrote: > > > Ok, you want to us the information in the <B> tag to determine what link > > > to click. > > > > But the <B> isn't a supported tag, so you don't know how to use it. > > > > Is this a correct? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:17 AM > > > To: Watir General > > > Subject: [wtr-general] Re: Finding a specific instance of a repeated link > > > via text surrounding it. > > > > But the text I'm referring to isn't part of the link itself. The link > > > text is the same. I'm looking at the text that occurs -before- (or > > > possibly after) the link. > > > > Thanks for your suggestions, but unfortunately, in this example, it > > > won't work. > > > > James > > > > On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Could also use multiple attributes: > > > > > browser.link(:index => 1, :text => /Click This Link/).click > > > > > or xpath. > > > > > Charley Baker > > > > blog:http://blog.charleybaker.org/ > > > > Lead Developer, Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org > > > > QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Darin Duphorn > > > > <dduph...@redbrickhealth.com>wrote: > > > > > > Browser.link(:text,/Click This Link/).click > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > > > > [mailto:watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:08 AM > > > > > To: Watir General > > > > > Subject: [wtr-general] Finding a specific instance of a repeated link > > > > > via text surrounding it. > > > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to click on a link, and the only way I > > > > > know which link to click on is from text that comes before it. > > > > > Otherwise, it looks the same as other links on the same page. > > > > > > So for instance, the html might look like: > > > > > > <b>Click This Link</b> > > > > > <br> > > > > > <a href="http://clickhere.com";>The Link</a> > > > > > <br> > > > > > <b>But Not this link</b> > > > > > <br> > > > > > <a href="http://clickhere.com";>The Link</a> > > > > > > I want to be able to read the page and latch onto the link with the > > > > > "Click This Link" but not other ones. In fact, if there are multiple > > > > > "Click This Link" links, I want to be able to find all of them, and > > > > > ignore the rest. > > > > > > I'm at a loss how to do this with Watir. I'm used to being able to > > > > > find things by div and id tags, etc., but this is a dumbed down page > > > > > meant for mobile devices and it lacks almost all of the things I'm > > > > > used to latching onto. > > > > > > Any suggestions?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. 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