You'd better not use :value to locate on text field. Because the value in text field can change manual.
Wesley. For life, the easier, the better. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Wesley Chen <cjq....@gmail.com> wrote: > ie.text_field(:id,"mytextfield").value will get the value in the text > field. > You can't get the text_field attribute value by it. > > > > Wesley. > For life, the easier, the better. > > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Rats <crapats...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >> I'm trying to check if a field is populated on a page. This command >> works fine and returns "found it": >> >> if ie.text_field(:value,'some value').exists? >> puts 'found it" >> else >> puts "did not find it" >> end >> >> However this one doesn't: >> >> if ie.text_field(:id,"mytextfield").value == 'some value' >> puts 'found it" >> else >> puts "did not find it" >> end >> >> If I understand correctly the first example is looking for ALL text >> fields on the page to see if any of them have "some value". The second >> is more specific and is looking at a particular text field. >> >> I know for certain that "mytxtfield" contains the text I am looking >> for ... >> >> -- >> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >> before you ask, be nice. >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com >> >> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >> > > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com
