That bug is captured in: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-486
And fixed in commit: https://github.com/bret/watir/commit/3846b6f300f5210df6b196eeeb15684b6e25378b You should see it in the next patch release. There is another discussion post about it titled "watir 2.0.1 table rows method broken" that has a workaround. On 2011-08-31, at 3:02 PM, brettsykes wrote: > Ruby Version: 1.8.7 > WATIR Version: 2.0.1 > OS: Win 7 > > So I came across this issue as I just upgraded to 2.0.1. Basically, > when i get a TableRow object using the [] method, and then try to get > the text value from it, it always returns the text of the row with > index of zero. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1) HTML > > <html> > <table id="a_table"> > <tr><td>boring text</tr></td> > <tr><td>great text</td></tr> > <tr><td>the best text ever<td></tr> > </table> > </html> > > 2) Code > > #------------------------ > require 'rubygems' > gem 'watir', '=2.0.1' > require 'watir' > > b = Watir::IE.new > b.goto 'http://localhost/test.html' > > #get the third table row with text 'the best text ever' > table = b.table(:id, 'a_table') > row = table.rows[2] > > > #the TableRow object has the correct ole_object stored within it > #before we call row.text > puts row.ole_object.invoke('innerHTML') > > #trying to get the text unfortunately outputs the text from row 0: > 'boring text' > puts row.text > > #now the TableRow object has the wrong ole_object in it > puts row.ole_object.invoke('innerHTML') > > #it looks like this happens because our TableRow object is using an > index of zero and not two > puts row.inspect > #------------------------ > > 3) Summary > > So, I read through some of the code, and it looks like this is > happening because when we call > table.row[2], our each method in elements_collection.rb doesn't pass > on any index information to > tagged_element_locator in container.rb. So, when we call set_specifier > inside tagged_element_locator, we set a > default value to an index of zero. Later on when we call row.text, > it's locate method thinks we are looking > for the row with an index of zero and not two. It then sets our > ole_object in the TableRow object to the zero index value. > > Brett > > -- > 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 -- 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
