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Leonard Kakande
Leonard Kakande

Reputation: 695

What causes the failure to click buttons that are not in forms when using capybara?

I have searched this for some good time in SO, and on Google. I am a newbie(only 7 months in development), but I'd like an explanation as to why capybara's click_button does not respond to buttons that are not in forms

take and example of this

<div id="btn-div">
  <%= button_tag('Attach new file', id: "attach-file-btn", class: "btn btn-info") %>
</div>

in this case when you are writing tests you get an error of the type

undefined method `node_name' for nil:NilClass

however when you put this in a form like this it works

<form id="btn-form">
  <%= button_tag('Attach new file', id: "attach-file-btn", class: "btn btn-info") %>
</form>

if you may, please provide an explanation as to why this happens.

and take the following into consideration

  1. the button is not submitting anything, it is only causing JavaScript to show a form
  2. when I try to find the button by using xpath or find it is available, however click_button does not work for it

update

code for click button is similar to this:

describe "Getting to the deployable tools page" do

  before do       
    @tool = FactoryGirl.create(:tool)
    @tool.set_status(1)
  end
  
  before { visit assigned_tools_path }
  before { click_button('attach-file-btn') }          

  it { should have_content('select tools to add') }
  it { should have_css('#non-successful-tool-adding') }
end

Upvotes: 0

Views: 627

Answers (2)

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 916

Try using a capybara finder, and then invoke click on it, like so:

page.find('#attach-file-btn').click

Upvotes: 2

dddd1919
dddd1919

Reputation: 888

If you just want to click the file show at broswer with text Attach new file, use:

click_button 'Attach new file'

Upvotes: 0

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