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Andreas Remdt
Andreas Remdt

Reputation: 653

TestCafé: How to use typeText without selector

I have two questions about the typeText function.

  1. According to the docs, I need two arguments: the selector and text to type. However, I'm testing an app that automatically sets focus on an input element and I can't rely on its ID, class or whatever the Selector would need. I just want to type, like in Cypress, without selecting something first. Is this possible?
  2. The typeText method also requires the second parameter (the text). But sometimes, I don't want to put any text into a field (for example testing a login component). Right now, I need to create conditions for these types of tests, because TestCafé throws an error on empty strings. Is there a better way?
static async login({ email = '', password = '' }) {
  await t
    .typeText('#email', email)
    .typeText('#password', password)
    .click('#submit');
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1061

Answers (1)

lostlemon
lostlemon

Reputation: 744

Maybe pressKey would work for you? It requires that the input is separated by spaces but doesn't need a selector. Documentation for pressKey

Example:

await t
    .pressKey('u s e r @ t e s t . c o m enter')
    .pressKey('p a s s w o r d enter')

I'm making the assumption that enter or maybe tab would move to the next field, but I think that could also work for your second point

Upvotes: 4

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