Chuck,
I agree with your comments. My intention was to figure out why dev
wrote the code that they did. However, I do see that coding
conventions are not always used consistently (for example, using a
drop-down list in some places and a dijit combo box elsewhere when
both are doing the same job). As you said, the purpose is to get dev
to explain his way of doing things so I can do my job better.
Thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate it! :)
On Dec 1, 1:30 pm, Chuck vdL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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