I'm not sure if I'm quite communicating the actual problem correctly here. So let me try to be more specific about the IE/Watir webdriver behavior.
driver.p( :text => topmenu ).when_present.click #or .hover The above line executes beautifully and correctly drops down the menu so the submenu items are visible. On the next line *of any ruby code* the submenu disappears. So it is like it was clicked and then some other UI action is taking place in IE which would cause the menu to disappear. There is no similar problem in FF or Chrome - the submenu will drop down and stay that way on the next line of ruby code until i do some Watir UI action. On Friday, April 20, 2012 1:15:59 PM UTC-5, Chuck van der Linden wrote: > > well that's annoying. > > What platforn are you running on? If I remember right hover might depend > on native events which is only enabled by default on windows. > > I think the extjs folks have a demo site, can you see if you can find your > control on it and give us a link to that page. > > That would give folks something to work with. > > there are a few other ways you might be able to skin this particular cat, > one thing I and others have done is using execute-script to fire off some > jquery code that flips the visibility state of the element (same thing that > happens when CSS see's a mouseover an triggers a :hover psuedo class to > come into effect. Which can work great IF your site happens to be using > jquery. > > Here's a link to a similar discussion from a few months back > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/watir-general/OIpBg7iS3Wo/discussion > > On Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:02:33 PM UTC-7, mndude wrote: >> >> The "hover" method produces the same result as "click" on the top >> menu. >> >> On Apr 19, 5:01 pm, Chuck van der Linden <[email protected]> wrote: >> > if you are using watir-webdriver have you tried the 'hover' method to >> get >> > the dropdown to appear? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:52:27 PM UTC-7, mndude wrote: >> > >> > > I have a web app with a top menu bar with drop down menus in it >> driven >> > > by javascript (extjs). I can easily access the menu items in Firefox >> > > and Chrome. But IE does not work the same way. The menu requires >> > > either a mouse hover or click on the top item to drop down and then a >> > > click on the item to be selected. This is easy and fast in FF, >> > > Chrome: >> > >> > > driver.p( :text => topmenu ).when_present.click >> > > driver.a( :text => submenu ).when_present.click >> > >> > > In IE what happens is that the first click drops down the menu, but >> > > then the menu disappears before the 2nd line can complete the click >> on >> > > the actual item to be selected. The 2nd click fails because the item >> > > is, of course, not visible. >> > >> > > Watir webdriver appears to not have the Selenium webdriver actions? >> > > In Selenium webdriver I would try something like this: >> > >> > > driver.action.click(topmenu).click(submenu).perform >> > >> > > Is there a way to access the Selenium webdriver actions in Watir >> > > webdriver? Or some other solution for IE in this situation? The >> > > Watir browser object appears to not have an "action" set of methods. > > -- 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]
