I want to verify that I understand the proposal. Is the suggestion that the Watir-WebDriver API be added to the IE driver in addition to the existing API? Or will it replace it, creating backwards incompatability?
Bret On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Jarmo <[email protected]> wrote: > I myself like the Watir-WebDriver solution a little more because there you > have to specify exact CSS property and not some pseudo-property, e.g. > backgroundImage vs background-image. Yes, the backgroundImage is part of the > IE API, but as Jari pointed out already it's leaky solution and fights > against standards. > > Jarmo > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Aliaksandr Ikhelis < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Just wanted to raise a style() method question here. Apologize if it was >> already discussed before. >> >> Getting a style element works differently with Watir and watir-webdriver. >> >> Watir: >> element.style.backgroundImage >> >> Watir-WebDriver: >> element.style("background-image") >> Watir is giving you direct access to a COM object, which is a leaky >> abstraction and should not be part of the Watir API. Instead, we should >> decide on a common API that can be implemented without leaking >> implementation details. >> The issue and solution proposed by Jari are described in more details >> here: https://github.com/jarib/watir-webdriver/issues/closed#issue/11 >> >> Thank you, >> Aliaksandr Ikhelis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-development mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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