I'm sorry to say your developer is not correct. If an ID is not explicitly specified, the framework will create one, and it would be subject to change if the control tree changed on postback. However, if an ID *is* explicitly specified, the framework will use that ID.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeljko Filipin Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Wtr-general] id >From watir.rb: # The ways that are available to identify an html object depend upon the object type, but include # :id used for an object that has an ID attribute -- this is the best way! I talked to developer and he told me that our web applications are developed in asp.net and that he can not assign id property to html object, and that asp.net does it. Id is assigned to element by it's position at page, something like <input id="catalog_1" type="checkbox" /> and id is changed when another element (checkbox in this case) is added to page. Example: add another checkbox to page, so it is above (before) this one. New checkbox gets id="catalog_1", and old one is changed to id="catalog_2". It is just like using :index, and "i always consider using :index to be an ugly hack when nothing else will work." (Bret Pettichord) Has anybody else this problem (and solution)? Zeljko _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
