How to iterate over series of checkboxes using page-object?

I have a list of checkboxes defined by their IDs using the page-object gem. A sample follows:

checkbox        :main_product,                      id:             '19437578_58659806'
checkbox        :thumb_one,                         id:             '19437579_58659811'
checkbox        :thumb_two,                         id:             '19437580_58659812'
checkbox        :thumb_three,                       id:             '19437581_58659813'
checkbox        :thumb_four,                        id:             '19437582_58659814'
checkbox        :thumb_five,                        id:             '19437583_58659815'
checkbox        :thumb_six,                         id:             '19437584_58659816'
checkbox        :thumb_seven,                       id:             '19437585_58659817'
checkbox        :thumb_eight,                       id:             '19437586_58659818'
checkbox        :thumb_nine,                        id:             '19437587_58659819'
checkbox        :thumb_ten,                         id:             '19437588_58659820'
checkbox        :tt_one,                            id:             '19437594_58659842'
checkbox        :tt_two,                            id:             '19437595_58659843'
checkbox        :tt_three,                          id:             '19437596_58659844'
checkbox        :tt_four,                           id:             '19437597_58659845'
checkbox        :tt_five,                           id:             '19437598_58659846'
checkbox        :tt_six,                            id:             '19437599_58659847'
checkbox        :tt_seven,                          id:             '19437600_58659848'
checkbox        :tt_eight,                          id:             '19437601_58659849'
checkbox        :tt_nine,                           id:             '19437602_58659850'
checkbox        :tt_ten,                            id:             '19437603_58659851'

The way I see it; there must be a more efficient way to gather all of the checkbox elements inside of a particular div.

I'm looking for a way to essentially do

checkbox_objects.each do |checkbox|
  checkbox.check
end

But I'm not sure how to define checkbox_objects. Is anyone knowledgable of a way to gather all of the checkboxes inside a particular element and put them into an array? Thanks in advance.

Solution

The checkboxes accessor method (as opposed to checkbox) is used to create an Array of checkboxes.

Assuming the page HTML is structured like:

<div id="other">
  <input type="checkbox">
  <input type="checkbox">
</div>
<div id="container">
  <input type="checkbox">
  <input type="checkbox">
</div>

You could specify a block that locates all checkboxes in say the div with id "container":

checkboxes(:thumb) { div_element(id: 'container').checkbox_elements }

Alternatively, you may find a CSS-selector or XPath more concise:

checkboxes(:thumb, css: 'div#container input[type="checkbox"]')

Either way, the page object gets a <name>_elements method that returns the matching checkboxes:

page.thumb_elements.each do |checkbox|
  checkbox.check
end

Or as a one-liner:

page.thumb_elements.each(&:check)