Actually, no. The order makes no difference. Index is always applied "last" no matter where it is specified in the arguments.
Bret Michael Hwee wrote: > There is high important to less important in multiple attributes search. > > In your case, you have ie.text_field(:index => 2 , :name => "q") > To us, it means > - find text_field with index=2 > - comfirm that it also has name='q' > > So, no wonder you are getting non_existance error if you have other > text_fields with no 'q' as name. > > Correct way is: ie.text_field(:name => "q", :index => 2) > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Isabel <joybe...@gmail.com> > To: Watir General <watir-general@googlegroups.com> > Cc: charley.ba...@gmail.com > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:20:19 PM > Subject: [wtr-general] Multiple Attributes for Input Elements > > > Hi, > I tried to use the code below to set a value in the text box of the > google search page. > > require 'watir' > ie=Watir::IE.new > ie.goto "http://google.com/"; > ie.text_field(:index => 2 , :name => "q").set("xyz") > > But I receive an error which is: > > >> ruby testmultiAttri.rb >> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:52:in > `assert_exists': Unable to locate element, using > {:index=>2, :name=>"q"} (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException) > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb: > 284:in `enabled?' > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb: > 56:in `assert_enabled' > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ > input_elements.rb:323:in `set' > from testmultiAttri.rb:4 > >> Exit code: 1 >> > > Please do let me know where I am going wrong. > The text box gets identified correctly if I use any one of the two > attributes. > > Thanks and Regards. > > > > On Feb 7, 9:51 pm, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Multiple attributes for input elements are now supported in the latest >> version of Watir - 1.6.2. The wiki has also been updated. >> >> Charley Baker >> blog:http://charleybakersblog.blogspot.com/ >> Lead Developer, Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org >> QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct >> >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Vens <venugopal.devarako...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi: >>> >>> I just started using Watir for automating few web UIs. During this I >>> came across a situation where I had to put in data to a text field but >>> incidently there are 2 text boxes having the same name. Please look at >>> the snippet below: >>> >>> <div class="boxed"> >>> <h3 class="title"> Authorize NG IDs </h3> >>> <form action="ser.do" method="post" name="sAFrm"> >>> <input type="hidden" value="authorize" name="dispatch"/> >>> <table> >>> <tbody> >>> <tr> >>> <td colspan="2"><div class="infomark"> You can enter comma >>> separated multiple ngids </div></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <th> MID </th> >>> <td> <select size="1" name="mid"></select></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <th> NG IDs </th> >>> <td><input type="text" value="" size="100" >>> maxlength="200" >>> name="ngids"/></td> >>> </tr> >>> </tbody> >>> </table> >>> </form> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="boxed"> >>> <h3 class="title"> Authorize NG IDs </h3> >>> <form action="ser.do" method="post" name="sAFrm"> >>> <input type="hidden" value="unauthorize" name="dispatch"/> >>> <table> >>> <tbody> >>> <tr> >>> <td colspan="2"><div class="infomark"> You can enter comma >>> separated multiple ngids </div></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <th> MID </th> >>> <td> <select size="1" name="mid"></select></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <th> NG IDs </th> >>> <td><input type="text" value="" size="100" >>> maxlength="200" >>> name="ngids"/></td> >>> </tr> >>> </tbody> >>> </table> >>> </form> >>> </div> >>> >>> When I looked into >>> http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Multiple+Attributesit >>> said it is not implemented for input elements. Can you help me solve >>> this. >>> >>> Regards >>> Venu >>> > > > > -- Bret Pettichord CTO, WatirCraft LLC, www.watircraft.com Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord Watir Training: Austin March 25-26, Portland/Beaverton April 16-17 www.watircraft.com/training --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
