You could verify something like this:
browser.text_field(:name => "pw").attribute_value("type") ==
"password"This checks that it is a password field and if it is a password field then the password is masked by the browser. If you have a requirement that it is masked and you don't trust browsers in this case then you should just start trusting :) Jarmo On Feb 2, 9:12 pm, bis <bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > sikuli might work for you > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Eric Mathiesen <mathiese...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is out of scope, that's why I recomended a manual verification of the > > condition under test. I don't think any of the commercial products (quick > > test pro, silk, etc...) have this ability... > > > Perhaps search for the * to exist might satisfy your condition... > > Just a thought... > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:59 AM, chaitanya <vengeance...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> @Eric, > > >> I am doing the screenshot thing, but I have a requirement where they > >> need a method which will explicitly return a true or a false if the > >> password field is masked or not. But as @Zeljko states that since it > >> is a browser feature, isn't it out of the scope of things which Watir > >> can test? > > >> Dan, the value method returns an emtpy string. it does not return the > >> string as a sequence of ****** > > >> Thanks for the suggestions guys > > >> Chaitanya > > >> On Feb 2, 10:11 am, Željko Filipin <zeljko.fili...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, chaitanya <vengeance...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > I was wondering whether there is any method in Watir which allows you > >> > > to check whether the text in the password field is masked and not > >> > > displayed as plain text. > > >> > I think that is a browser feature. I do not think I have ever seen a > >> > password field that displayed it's contents. > > >> > Željko > >> > -- > >> > watir.com/book - author > > >> -- > >> Before posting, please readhttp://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<http://groups.google.com/group/watir-generalwatir-general+unsubscribe...> > > > -- > > Before posting, please readhttp://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
