There you go. that's what I was about to suggest. as long as you're able to create a regex that won't match more than one classname, you are in business.
Another alternative (if you have control over what's being created) might be to also have the jQuery code assign a 'name' to the element, hopefully without a random number appended (which I presume is done to generate ID's guaranteed to be unique) and identify it by the name. On Aug 18, 3:54 pm, jasbro <jas...@gmail.com> wrote: > After I posted this question, I started thinking that the best > solution would be if I could use a regular expression to select the > element: > @browser.div(:id,/^amount_.*/) > or > @browser.div(:class,/.*amount.*/) > > So I tried it, and it worked for both Firefox and IE. This may just > be a benefit of using Ruby, or it may have been intentional (I don't > know...I'm a Java guy) but I'm really glad it worked. Hope anyone > else who comes across this question finds this useful. > > On Aug 18, 2:40 pm, jasbro <jas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In the jQuery world, it isn't uncommon for me to dynamically add > > classes to an element. Depending on various circumstances, the class > > of a div might be something like "amount" or "amount required" or > > "amount required invalid". In my particular situation, the problem is > > compounded by the fact that my id is partially made up of a random > > number, so I can't simply do div(:id,"amount"). What I do know is the > > first chunk of the id (e.g. it always starts with "amount_"). I also > > know that the class will always contain "amount", though it may also > > contain additional classes. An example: > > <div id="amount_1239783" class="required amount invalid">...</div> > > > 1. I've tried to do @ff.div(:class,"amount") but it only works if they > > other classes haven't been added > > 2. I know I can do @ff.div(:class,"required amount invalid") but > > sometimes the classes get added in a different order (and some classes > > don't get added every time, so maintaining all the possible > > combinations is ridiculous) > > 3. I know I can do "each" through the divs looking to see if the class > > contains the given value, or the id starts with amount, but that seems > > excessive > > > Does anyone know if there is a simple way to do this? -- 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: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
