Unfortunately the <em> takes up the same space as the button even though it
sticks out a little bit on the right side. So when clicking the <em> the
click still happens in the middle and hits the button along the way.
A real mouse click on the right side works fine manually in the browser.
Can Watir "fine tune" the click position somehow?
On Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:36:23 PM UTC-5, Chuck van der Linden wrote:
>
> The button only occupies the left portion of the EM that holds it. The
> down arrow icon next to it is part of the container holding the button, so
> if you are clicking the little down arrow icon you are clicking on the EM
> or maybe the div/cell that holds the EM tag.. Maybe try clicking that
> instead of the button and see what happens?
>
> That could be a little tricky however since normally em is just a text
> formatting tag ('emphasis') and is not an element watir supports since this
> particular usage is well um er lets just say 'creative'. So you might have
> to identify it as a generic element and use the class or ID to select it.
>
> You could also try clicking on the cell and see if that does anything for
> you.
>
> If neither of those work then it might be time to talk to the ExtJS folks
> and ask them how to automate this darned control (I'm pretty sure sikuli
> could do it if nothing else works)
>
> On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:55:31 AM UTC-7, mndude wrote:
>>
>> I have a "split button" that when clicked in the middle or left side will
>> perform a default action on that page. But if clicked on the right side it
>> will drop down a menu to select from a set of actions. I can't get Watir
>> webdriver to click and drop down the menu. It only is able to click and
>> perform the default action in the page.
>>
>> There is a similar item at
>> http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/ext-4.1.0-gpl/examples/kitchensink/index.html#basic-toolbar
>>
>> Try the Menu Button drop down
>>
>> The html of my button is somewhat similar to the link above and I'm
>> having the same problem getting Watir webdriver to click on the right side
>> and drop down the menu:
>>
>> <td class="x-btn-mc">
>> <em id="ext-gen49" class="x-btn-split" unselectable="on"
>> style="background-color: transparent;">
>> <button id="ext-gen22" class=" x-btn-text"
>> type="button">Add</button>
>> </em>
>> </td>
>>
>>
>> Is there a way to get Watir webdriver to click somewhere besides the
>> middle of an object? I wonder if I could click a few pixels to the right
>> of center if the menu would appear.
>>
>
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