great! I will try it later... i was toying with ie.document.forms(i).elements(i) and it doesn't seem to support the before_text() method. I will try this method on text_field..
My purpose is to find the preceding text to 'guess' what possible value to enter into the text field. Thanks eveyrone :) boonhoo On 11/2/05, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:47 PM 11/1/2005, John Lloyd-Jones wrote: > >That's the right way if you know the preceding text. If I understood the > >original question correctly, the aim was to find the (possibly unknown) > >text preceding a known text input field. > > My mistake. In HEAD, this can be done as > > ie.text_field(:name, "whatever").before_text > > Bret > > _____________________ > Bret Pettichord > www.pettichord.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
