Could also use multiple attributes: browser.link(:index => 1, :text => /Click This Link/).click
or xpath. Charley Baker blog: http://blog.charleybaker.org/ Lead Developer, Watir, http://wtr.rubyforge.org QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Darin Duphorn <dduph...@redbrickhealth.com>wrote: > > Browser.link(:text,/Click This Link/).click > > -----Original Message----- > From: watir-general@googlegroups.com > [mailto:watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:08 AM > To: Watir General > Subject: [wtr-general] Finding a specific instance of a repeated link > via text surrounding it. > > > I'm trying to figure out how to click on a link, and the only way I > know which link to click on is from text that comes before it. > Otherwise, it looks the same as other links on the same page. > > So for instance, the html might look like: > > <b>Click This Link</b> > <br> > <a href="http://clickhere.com";>The Link</a> > <br> > <b>But Not this link</b> > <br> > <a href="http://clickhere.com";>The Link</a> > > > I want to be able to read the page and latch onto the link with the > "Click This Link" but not other ones. In fact, if there are multiple > "Click This Link" links, I want to be able to find all of them, and > ignore the rest. > > I'm at a loss how to do this with Watir. I'm used to being able to > find things by div and id tags, etc., but this is a dumbed down page > meant for mobile devices and it lacks almost all of the things I'm > used to latching onto. > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
