And how would you send just some text with Watir-WebDriver, e.g. 'hello'? send_keys "hello"? So, as i understand then the array's are key combinations and just a symbol is a special key and string is just as is?
I'd hate to keep something just for backwards compatibility until forever :/ J. On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Alister Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I've noticed there's some differences between the .send_keys method in > Watir and Watir-WebDriver. > > 1) .send_keys only works at the *browser* level in watir, whereas it works > at the browser and *element* level in watir-webdriver > 2) .send_keys requires special strings in watir (eg. "{ENTER}") whereas > send_keys uses chains of symbols (and arrays of symbols) in watir-webdriver > (eg b.element.send_keys [:control, 'a'], :backspace): full list here: > http://watirwebdriver.com/sending-special-keys/ > > I think the watir-webdriver API is better in this regard, so, what do > people think about incorporating the element level send_keys, and the use of > symbols into Watir? > I imagine we'd need to leave the special string support for backwards > compatibility. > > Cheers, > Alister > > Alister Scott > Brisbane, Australia > Watir Web Master: http://watir.com > Blog: http://watirmelon.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott > > "There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more > and more. The other is to desire less." *~ G. K. Chesterton* > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >
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