Using text_area.value = string rather than text_area.set string has saved a significant amount of time for my scripts in massive-data- entry scenarios.
On Apr 21, 10:14 am, Jari Bakken <jari.bak...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM, the_zonker <the.zonk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Environment: > > watir-webdriver 2.0.0 > > Ruby 1.9.2 > > Firefox 3.6, IE8 > > It's a good practice to always try the latest released version before > reporting issues. watir-webdriver is currently at 0.2.2. > > > I faced with a problem - I need to put a content of XML file into text > > area. > > The content is quite long and the process of filling is extremely > > slow. > > > This slowness of filling causes a timeout error: > > How long is the string? WebDriver simulates native key presses on some > platforms (like Windows), which may be slow. > > > > > For putting value into text area I use: > > text_area.set(value) > > > Are there any other ways to fill in text area more quick? > > I tried Javascript via execute_script method but JavaScript cannot > > handle XML content (probably because of quotes) as a valid element > > value. > > Using execute_script should work. If you could provide an example > string where it doesn't work, I could probably help you out. Another > approach is to do what a user would do: paste in the XML from the > clipboard. If you have the XML content on the clipboard, you should be > able to do that by sending Control-V: > > text_area.send_keys [:control, 'v'] > > Jari > > PS. The full list of keys you can send can be found > here:http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/co... -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
