re having words with the developer..
The dev probably has what they feel is a good reason for using the
mouseup to select the item from the list..
Except for instances were it affects testability, or performance, I
generally try to stay away from telling the devs how to do their job
(lest they tell me how to do mine) <grin>.
OTOH if the purpose of the talk is to better understand how the dev
thinks, so you can have an easier time coding your automation, well in
that case have fun picking his brain and getting him to explain the
conventions he's using for making the controls work etc. just make
sure s/he understands you are questioning to understand, not
questioning their coding skills or methods..
On Dec 1, 10:10 am, maven999 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chuck, your guess was correct.
>
> The following code worked in that I was able to click the down button
> and cause the dropdown list to appear:
>
> $ie.div(:class, 'dijitDownArrowButtonInner').fire_event('onmousedown')
>
> But when I then try to select an item in the dropdown list,
> 'onmousedown' does not work. But 'onmouseup' DOES work. I think its
> time to have a few words with the developer :-)
>
> Thanks to Chuck and Wesley for their help!
>
> On Nov 25, 4:37 pm, Chuck vdL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > OK so we can't see what the functions called by them do, but it does
> > look like there are 4 events getting defined.. have you tried using
> > code to fire one of the events ("onmousedown" seems the most obvious
> > candidate) to see if that makes the list appear?
>
> > odds are after the mousedown, you're going to then have to fire some
> > kind of mouseover event for a list item perhaps followed by another
> > mousedown, or mouseup ..
>
> > but without interacting with the site it's hard to tell (is it
> > designed to click on the list, then click on the item, or as a click-
> > drag-release?)
>
> > just as a guess I'd expect the meat of the work to be done by
> > mousedown events, while mouseover and others that seem to be calling
> > '_onmouse' are probably just causing it to change colors for the
> > illusion of focus being on the thing under the mouse.
>
> > So if that's not enough to get you going in the right direction,
> > please post a larger section of the page code (or point us at a
> > similar page that is publically available) as Wesley requested.
>
> > On Nov 24, 10:35 am, maven999 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Chuck,
>
> > > Here is the preceding html which I should have included in my original
> > > question:
>
> > > <tr class="dijitReset">
> > > <td class="dijitReset dijitRight dijitButtonNode dijitDownArrowButton
> > > dijitArrowButtonActive" width="0%"
> > > dojoattachevent="onmousedown:_onArrowMouseDown,onmouseup:_onMouse,onmouseen--ter:_onMouse,onmouseleave:_onMouse"
> > > dojoattachpoint="downArrowNode">
> > > <div class="dijitDownArrowButtonInner" wairole="presentation"
> > > role="presentation">
> > > <div class="dijitDownArrowButtonChar">▼</div>
> > > </div>
> > > </td>
> > > </tr>
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > > On Nov 24, 12:44 pm, Chuck vdL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > is there anything in the html that is defining something like an
> > > > 'onclick' for that thing? all I see in the code above is basically
> > > > just text.. and normal text isn't clickable as far as I know.
> > > > maybe there's some other object that's actually overlapping that
> > > > button
>
> > > > On Nov 21, 11:30 am, maven999 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > > I have a drop down menu that can only be accessed by clicking on a
> > > > > down arrow character (▼) on the combo box. The html for the click
> > > > > location is pasted below:
>
> > > > > <div class="dijitDownArrowButtonInner" wairole="presentation"
> > > > > role="presentation">
> > > > > <div class="dijitDownArrowButtonChar">▼</div>
> > > > > </div>
>
> > > > > Flashing the button works:
>
> > > > > $ie.div(:class, 'dijitDownArrowButtonInner').flash
>
> > > > > But clicking it does not work:
>
> > > > > $ie.div(:class, 'dijitDownArrowButtonInner').click
>
> > > > > Any ideas? Also, since it is not a traditional select_list, how do I
> > > > > select an item when I do get the drop-down list to appear?
>
> > > > > Thanks!- Hide quoted text -
>
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>
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