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How to create ElementFinder in WatiN?

In WatiN RC1 how can I create ElementFinder which will find any element on page?

Solution

  • Here is what I found out.

    I can create ElementFinder using two ways

    First. When creating custom control (extending Div, Table and so on) there is a protected method CreateElementFinder<T>. Here is an example:

    var elementFinder = CreateElementFinder<Element>(
    nativeEl => nativeEl.AllDescendants,
    Find.ById("id"));

    Second. If you are not extending any control you can use NativeElementFinder constructor. Here is an example:

    var finder = new NativeElementFinder(
    () => browser.Body.NativeElement.AllDescendants,
    browser.DomContainer,
    new[] { ElementTag.Any },
    Find.ById("id"));