support for html5 data-* attributes by using :data_* for locating and #data_*
for retrieving attribute values
On Friday, August 10, 2012 4:28:53 AM UTC+10, Abe Heward wrote:
>
> If I want to monkey patch Watir to recognize custom HTML attributes
> ("custom_attrib" in the example code) I just add this code:
>
> module Watir
>
> class Element
>
> def custom_attrib
>
> @how = :ole_object
>
> return @o.custom_attrib
>
> end
>
> end
>
> end
>
> However, take a look at the custom attributes on this div element:
>
>
> <div class="contentauthoring_cell_element" data-element-id="id6775571"
> data-element-type="contacts">
>
> Notice that those custom items contain dashes. This is bad, because Ruby
> does not allow dashes to exist in its method names.
>
> So, is Watir simply unable to be monkey-patched for these sorts of custom
> attributes? If so, that would be really unfortunate because it seems like a
> pretty common thing to have in HTML nowadays.
>
> OTOH, if it can be monkey-patched to support these things, then how?
>
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