Ah, yes. It's been so long since I looked at any table code I forgot that the easiest way is to get cells is to use table.[index][index]. That does indeed work fine with the <th> tags in Luke's HTML snippet. By "support" I meant that there is no "TableHeader" class in Watir, but accessing table headers works fine without one. :)
On 9/23/06, Paul Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm.. I have no idea what you're talking about, Bill. <th> is just a <td> > with some fancy formatting. I see no reason why a command like the > following wouldn't work with Watir 1.4.1: > irb> ie.table(:index, 1)[1][3].flash > > As with anything you do, there are usually a few ways to get to a particular > object on a page. You could just try to use the > table(..)[row#][col#].whatever approach, or you could try to just access the > span tag directly (as you suggested) and completely ignore the table. > > Luke, in order for us to know what kind of advice to offer, it might help > for you to also tell us what you have tried. Including the section of html > was good, but not enough. Is the table in a frame? Is the "Action" just a > text label, or also a link? Trying to "get to" something is not always > straightforward by zooming in on the target. Sometimes you have to step > back and take in the big picture too. > > Paul C. > > > On 22/09/06, Bill Agee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think Watir (1.4.1, at least) has built-in support for the <th> > tag. > > > > But if you know the index of that <span> in the document, you can get > > to it using $ie.span(:index, theIndex) > > > > Otherwise, if you really need to interact with the TH itself, you may > > need to use Watir 1.5.x and its new XPath support (unless 1.5 already > > has a class for TH). The list archives have examples of using XPath > > to access unsupported elements. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > Wtr-general@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
