yes, that should definitely be there. Can you add it to the tracker so it 
doesnt get forgotten?

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Boyt, Darrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:26 am
Subject: [Wtr-general] How can I access an object a Label points to?

> I would like to access a Label by its text.  I know what the text is
> supposed to be, but I don't know what its index, id, or "for" (the 
> indexof the object the label's for) is.
> 
> For example, here's what I have to do now to select an option in a
> select_list when I know the select_list's label, but not its id:
> 
>  ie.labels.each do |l|
>    if l.text.include?("the label's text")
>      ie.select_list(:id, l.for).select("option text")
>      break
>    end
>  end
> 
> What I'd like to be able to do is something like this:
> 
>  ie.select_list(:id, ie.label(:text, "the label's
> text").for).select("option text")
> 
> Any possibility of this type of functionality being made available
> sometime?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darrel Boyt
> Systems Analyst
> Anteon Corporation
> Montgomery, Alabama
> 
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