That's what I had when this was just a regular select list, it doesn't work anymore now that we have this dojo stuff. -- Lisa
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Ashok Tulachan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Lisa, > > I don't know how you still have "select" as the input type if the dropdown > is changed. Can you try this code? > > ie.select_list(:id, "advisor.dealerId").select "some value" > > Thanks > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Lisa Crispin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> We are changing what used to be regular drop-down select list boxes to a >> dojo widget thingie that allows type ahead to select the item. Here's the >> HTML: >> >> <select dojoType="dijit.form.FilteringSelect" id=advisor.dealerId >> name=advisor.dealerId style='width: 550px;'> >> >> >> >> <option value="0" > >> >> </option> >> >> <option value="1059" > >> 1717 Capital Management / 300 Continental Drive / Suite 3 >> South / Newark, DE 19713-4329 / >> >> </option> >> ...etc >> >> >> I thought I could use text_field to set a value here, just as if I typed >> it manually on the page. I tried "ie.text_field(:id, >> 'advisor.dealerId').set(<some value>). When I do this in irb, I see it set >> the value, but when I submit, it shows the default value was selected >> instead. I also tried fire_event("onclick"), that didn't help. >> >> We were able to get our Canoo WebTest scripts to select these with its >> "forceHiddenInputField" step. I thought maybe I could do something similar >> in Watir with "input type=hidden", but I can't get the syntax right and I >> can't find any examples. I can't figure out where I would put "input >> type=hidden" in my text_field step. >> >> Would someone please point me to examples that might help me figure this >> out? I apologize if this is an ignorant question. I searched the mailing >> list and the Watir site but I could not figure out how to make this work. >> thanks, >> Lisa >> >> >> >> -- >> Lisa Crispin >> Co-author with Janet Gregory, _Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for >> Testers and Agile Teams_ (Addison-Wesley 2009) >> Contributor to _Beautiful Testing_ (O'Reilly 2009) >> http://lisacrispin.com >> @lisacrispin on Twitter >> http://entaggle.com/lisacrispin >> >> -- >> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >> before you ask, be nice. >> >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ashok Tulachan > > > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > [email protected] > -- Lisa Crispin Co-author with Janet Gregory, _Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams_ (Addison-Wesley 2009) Contributor to _Beautiful Testing_ (O'Reilly 2009) http://lisacrispin.com @lisacrispin on Twitter http://entaggle.com/lisacrispin -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected]
