Automated testing with Watir (or WatiN or similar): Disambiguating Select Elements
Problem: I'm looking for a way to run a test that can disambiguate between selectors that have the same meaning in multiple places.
Example:
I am trying to select the third "Monday" from the selected control
ie.select_list( :id , 'choose-day' ).set( '-monday' );
where the select control has some sort of "outline" format in the control itself:
alice
-monday
-tuesday
bob
-monday
-tuesday
charlie
-monday
-tuesday
Given that the text is identical (and I don't know which parameter values are ahead of the time), is there a way to code the test in such a way that the one that is selected is selected under charlie on Monday?
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In WatiN, you can use multiple attribute support to match an element (I thought something similar is also available in Watir).
Option = ie.SelectList ("select-day"). Options (Find.ByText ("- Monday") & Find.ByIndex (2))
(the index is zero, so 2 will give the third match (if any)).
NTN, Jeroen van Menen Lead dev WatiN
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It looks like you can use element_by_xpath to find the parameter you want:
// select / option [text () = 'charlie'] / following :: option [text () = '- monday']
then you can check the value attribute of that parameter (not sure how to do it in Watir) and select it using:
ie.select_list( :id , 'choose-day' ).select_value( whatever_the_value_was );
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