Ok, yes. This is a slight simplification, but think of Watir waiting for what makes the most sense for the provided method.
1. Status Queries --> No automatic waits; immediate response or exception #exists? / #visible? / #present? / #enabled? 2. Information Queries --> Automatically waits until exists in DOM #text / #value / #tag_name / #style / #attribute_value etc 3. Actions --> Automatically waits until displayed to user #click / #submit / #set / #clear / #select On Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 10:46:27 PM UTC-7, NaviHan wrote: > > Hi Titus > > Thats makes it very clear now :-) > > Just to confirm, action methods as in set, click, select > And the reading attribute values like id, text, or any other custom > attribute are not auto covered and we need to use wait_until(&:present?) > > Is that correct? > > Cheers > Navi > > On Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:52:33 UTC+10, NaviHan wrote: >> >> This is something that keeps me a bit sceptic when I write and read the >> automation code in my project. >> This used PageObjects. >> >> I have seen extensive use of element referces, for example >> >> button(:add_to_bag, :css => '#add-to-cart') >> add_to_bag.element.when_present.click >> >> >> >> instead of >> >> add_to_bag >> >> which directly clicks the element >> >> I have also seen extensive use of referencing elements using >> <element>.when_present, <element>.wait_until_present etc >> >> Im confused where we should draw the line when deciding to reference the >> element and actually using it(as in directly calling "add_o_bag" in the >> above example to click the element. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> >> -- -- Before posting, please read https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
