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Can you find elements by id,title,link etc through site-prism or only by css selectors?

By using site-prism gem for integration testing, can I find page elements by referring to id or title or link or xpath or are they searchable only through css

Solution

  • UPDATE: It is possible, as of SitePrism 2.1 to use XPath expressions to find elements and sections, as well as CSS selectors.

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    You can only use CSS selectors, but using CSS you can still find elements by id, class, name, title, etc.

    If you want to find an element by id:

    #the_id

    If you want to find an element by class:

    .the_class

    If you want to find an element by title:

    div[title='the_title']

    So, not exactly what you want, but you can get close.

    Regarding XPath, see here: Does site_prism allow using other selectors than CSS?

    Update

    To find a link whose name property is 'bob':

    a[name='bob']

    To find a button whose id is 'fred':

    button#fred