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Alpha Bravo Charlie ...
Alpha Bravo Charlie ...

Reputation: 820

Access p-dropdown items using index in Cypress

I have a p-dropdown:

HTML:

<span>
  <p-dropdown formControlName="theatreGroup" [options]="theatreGroupsList">
  </p-dropdown>
</span>

TS:

  theatreGroupsList: any[] = [
    { label: 'Hamlet', value: 100 },
    { label: 'Dutchman', value: 351 },
    { label: 'King Lear', value: 180 },
    { label: 'Candida', value: 211 },
    { label: 'Twelfth Night', value: 133 }
  ];

I need to be able to get the theatreGroupsList and select an item. I can do this by checking the value of items in the array:

cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]').click().contains('Candida').click();

But the problem is theatreGroupsList is dynamic. Therefore, I need to be able to retrieve the list at any time and access its elements using index (i.e. not value or label). Can you help me with this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 823

Answers (2)

Alpha Bravo Charlie ...
Alpha Bravo Charlie ...

Reputation: 820

I got inspired by Steve Zodiac's comments and KKhan's answer and developed this solution that works for me:

cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]').click().then(x => {
  cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]>div>div>div>ul>p-dropdownitem').then(groups => {
    
    // Assume we need to access item at index 3, then select in the dropdown
    let group3 = groups[3]['innerText'];        

    // An extra click to prevent error about detached element from the DOM.
    cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]').click();

    cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]').click().get('div').contains(group3).click();
  });
});

Upvotes: 1

user16461847
user16461847

Reputation:

I'm a little unsure of your test goal, but with dynamic text it pays to assert that the list has items before testing.

Here's some ideas

cy.get('p-dropdown[formControlName="theatreGroup"]').click() //open

cy.get('ul.p-dropdown-items li span')    
  .should('have.length', 'gt', 0);     // list is animated on open, 
                                       // so wait for a populated list 

cy.get('ul.p-dropdown-items li span')  
  .then(($items, index) => {
    const texts = [...$items].map(item => item.innerText)
    ...  // take a look at the texts

cy.get('ul.p-dropdown-items li span')  
  .eq(1)
  .should('have.text', 'Candida')

Upvotes: 0

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