:xpath as key is "locate an element with provided xpath value" "xpath" as key is "locate an element with an attribute of 'xpath' that has the provided value"
The goal of Watir, in general, though, is to make it so you should never need to use XPath. On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:24 AM Steve Parrado <[email protected]> wrote: > > So while tooling around on some stuff, I was trying different ways to use > selectors in conjunction with some array values. I came across something > that I can't quite figure out. > > I recreated it using http://automationpractice.com/index.php to be able to > ask in general without need for people to be in my environment to emulate. > > So some details: > Ruby version: ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x64-mingw32] > Watir version: 6.11.0 > Chromedriver version: 2.46.628402 > > I know I am not at the latest for Watir and Ruby, I've had to lock in these > version. > > In anycase, at the url I mentioned above > http://automationpractice.com/index.php I inspected the shopping cart element > I noted that the element had a title of "View my shopping cart" and I copied > the xpath of "//*[@id='header']/div[3]/div/div/div[3]/div/a" (double quotes > changed to single > > The oddity that I am trying to figure out is this: > > @browser.element(title: "View my shopping cart").present? - evaluates true > @browser.element(:title, "View my shopping cart").present? = evaluates true > @browser.element("title" => "View my shopping cart").present? - evaluates > true > > however, > > @browser.element(xpath: > "//*[@id='header']/div[3]/div/div/div[3]/div/a").present? - evaluates true > @browser.element(:xpath, > "//*[@id='header']/div[3]/div/div/div[3]/div/a").present? - evaluates true > @browser.element("xpath" => > "//*[@id='header']/div[3]/div/div/div[3]/div/a").present? - evaluates false > > I tried this with some other elements to similar results > > @browser.button(:name, "submit_search").present? - true > @browser.button(name: "submit_search").present? - true > @browser.button("name" => "submit_search").present? -true > > @browser.button(xpath: "//*[@id='searchbox']/button").present? - true > @browser.button(:xpath, "//*[@id='searchbox']/button").present? - true > @browser.button("xpath" => "//*[@id='searchbox']/button").present? - false > > Can anyone enlighten me on what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Steve > > -- > -- > 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. -- -- 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.
