ok, go for it! Things to consider: - is 'A B' an exact match of 'A :B' ? - still trimming whitespace, which is often around link labels? - 'false' is default for exactMatch (stay backwards compatible)
thanks for your work Mittie > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Siegfried Goeschl > Sent: Mittwoch, 22. März 2006 14:28 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Webtest] I'm back to WebTest & question regarding > "clickLink" implementation ... > > > Hi Dierk, > > I came across the same problem (again) and it took a while to figure out > the problem > > +) I have a navigation bar containing link "Artist", "Genres", .... > +) there is a quick name search facility providing links "A", "B", "C" > > When I used <clickLink label="A"/> it pick up the "Artist" link and not > my requested "A" - IMHO the current implementation looking for substring > to locate the link is non-intuitive. > > Your proposed workaorund <clickElement xpath="//a[text()='A']" /> but > <clickLink> is still much more intuitive. > > I would like to get my hands dirty by providing an extension to the > <clickLink> step ... > > +) <clickLink exactMatch="true" label="A"> would look for an exact match > without using trim as previously proposed > > +) updating the docs > > > Any suggestions > > Siegfried Goeschl > > > Dierk Koenig wrote: > > Hi Sigi, > > > > > >>I finally got an excuse to work with Canoo WebTest again by setting up a > >>continuous integration platform using CC, JUnit, Canoo WebTest > and JMeter > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > >>I updated the Maven plug-in to work with the CC Build 1177 - the > >>official release will take some time though > > > > > > cool. To get around the snapshot problem with ibiblio we consider > > installing a 'repository' for the webtest pom under > > webtest.canoo.com. (no final decision, yet) > > > > > >><a>Madonna & Otto Von Wernherr</a> > >><a>Fortress Madonna</a> > > > > > > You have really interesting projects! > > > > > >>i.e. the implementation seems to be happy with a matching substring > >>therefore picking <a>Madonna & Otto Von Wernherr</a> and never the > >><a>Madonna</a> in question. > > > > > > Yep. that's on purpose, although the according doc seems to have > > vanished from the attribute description (?). > > > > You can use > > <clickElement xpath="//a[text()='Madonna']" /> > > > > The purpose of the substring match in clickLink is to get > > around problems with excessive whitespace in the label. > > > > cheers > > Mittie > > _______________________________________________ > > WebTest mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest > > > _______________________________________________ > WebTest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest _______________________________________________ WebTest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest
