The anchor tag has event handlers associated with it (e.g. onClick), so you might need to trigger the event. Check this out:
http://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/1.6.5/classes/Watir/Element.html#M000557 Example syntax: browser.link(:id, 'id').fire_event('onclick') Hope it helps. On Jun 23, 1:41 pm, Eric Mathiesen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > On > > <input id='customer.tracking_no::0' value='' name='customer.tracking_no' > type='hidden'> <a onClick='root.handleOnClick(document, this);' > id='search_customer.tracking_no::0::0' > onMouseUp='root.handleOnMouseUp(document, this);' href='#' > onMouseDown='root.handleOnMouseDown(document, this);' > name='search_customer.tracking_no::0'><img width='16' > src='/images/icon_magnfi.gif' height='16' border='0' class='cursorHand' > id='default::searchrow::TEMPLATE' alt='Search'></a></nobr></td> > > when I attempt to access the gif by clicking (either image or button) or > tabbing to and pressing enter I can audibly hear the click sound on the > workstation during the script lines; > > puts "image click..." > ie.frame("app_FinanceCenter").image(:id, > "default::searchrow::TEMPLATE").click > puts "button click..." > ie.frame("app_FinanceCenter").button(:id, > "default::searchrow::TEMPLATE").click > puts "simulate tab to and enter..." > ie.send_keys("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ > TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}") > > however no child is spawned blocking all the hidden fields from being > tested. Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. I have tried accessing this control with id, name, src (xpath) > and all to no avail (but I hear the click!) ........ > > Eric -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected]
