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rubywatirpageobjects
Rocker
Rocker

Reputation: 1

finding specific element which exists in multiple places but has same id,class

How to find an element if it exists in multiple places in a page but has same id under same class? For example: There are two text fields with the same id and I would like to choose the 2nd one. It works when I just write the watir/ruby(without using page object) @b.text_fields(:id => 'color').last.set "red"

But I am unsuccessful so far to make it work using page object.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 638

Answers (2)

Justin Ko
Justin Ko

Reputation: 46836

As mentioned in the comments, the best solution is to update the fields to have unique ids.

However, assuming that is not possible, you can solve the problem using an :index locator. The following page object finds the 2nd color field, which is equivalent to Watir's @b.text_field(:id => 'color', :index => 1).set:

class MyPage
  include PageObject

  text_field(:color_1, id: 'color', index: 0)
  text_field(:color_2, id: 'color', index: 1)
end

Which would be called like:

page = MyPage.new(browser)
page.color_1 = 'red'
page.color_2 = 'blue'

If you are actually trying to the last field, ie replicate @b.text_fields(:id => 'color').last.set, then the :index would be "-1":

text_field(:color_2, id: 'color', index: -1)

Note that similar can be done when locating the fields dynamically within a method (as opposed to defined by an accessor):

class MyPage
  include PageObject

  def set_colors(color_1, color_2)
    text_field_element(id: 'color', index: 0).value = color_1
    text_field_element(id: 'color', index: 1).value = color_2
  end
end

Upvotes: 1

saruchi
saruchi

Reputation: 11

@b.text_fields(:id=>'color',:index=>1).set "red"

This can solve your problem.

Upvotes: 0

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