Check the check box in a table

Question

In my application I have check any one of the check box and click on save button. I used with table as follows to select the option, but it doesnt work:

# with in table, set 
within_table('countryTable') do
    find(:xpath, "//tbody/tr/td[1]/checkbox").set(true)
end 

click_button('Save')

but its not working.....

Select countries for this owner

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxAU' name='AU' value='AU' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        Australia
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxCA' name='CA' value='CA' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        Canada
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxFR' name='FR' value='FR' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        France
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxGG' name='GG' value='GG' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        Guernsey
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxJP' name='JP' value='JP' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        Japan
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxNZ' name='NZ' value='NZ' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        New Zealand
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxZA' name='ZA' value='ZA' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        South Africa
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxCH' name='CH' value='CH' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        Switzerland
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxAE' name='AE' value='AE' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        United Arab Emirates
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxGB' name='GB' value='GB' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        United Kingdom
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                                <tr>
                                                    <td class='first'>
                                                        <input type='checkbox' id='CheckboxUS' name='US' value='US' />
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td>
                                                        United States
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>

                                            </tbody>
                                        </table>
                                    </div>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>

Answer 1

You can reach the check box by id, css, or xpath.

# to check the FR with xpath
find(:xpath, "//input[@name='FR']").click()

# to check the FR with id
find(:id, "CheckboxFR").click()

# to check the FR with css
find(:css, "#CheckboxFR").click()

if you want to use within_table which narrow the scope:

within_table(find(:id, "table_id")) do 
    find(:id, "id_of_option").click()
end