Selenium - how to have a script use an ajax control drop-down

Question

I've been using Selenium with the product for a while.

Regular HTML pages, forms and javascript are working well with it.

Our developer just added an AJAX drop-down menu.

I can't 'record' that with selenium, how can I use it? Actually I can record that the control was initially clicked (which makes the drop-down appear) but not what option is then clicked. How can I then detect that they clicked on one of the options?

The HTML that's displayed is:

<ul id="fruit-switcher" class="nav nav-pills">
  <li class="dropdown">
    <a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#">
      Change fruit…
      <b class="caret"></b>
    </a>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li>
        <a rel="nofollow" data-method="put" href="/admin/fruits/23-bananas/activate"></a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a rel="nofollow" data-method="put" href="/admin/fruits/28-apples/activate"></a>
      <li>
      </li>
      <li>
        other options (a links)...
      </li>...
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<script>

  //<![CDATA[
    $(function() {
      $('#fruit-switcher .dropdown-toggle').dropdown();
    })
  //]]>

</script>

You (or your developer) might be able to add JQuery integration into Selenium, and then you could add tests using JQuery selectors. — mccannf
– mccannf, Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 0:00

Zach · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-14 00:18:00Z

0

You can always send_keys to the element.

answered Feb 14, 2013 at 0:18

Zach

8952 gold badges9 silver badges27 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Michael Durrant · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-14 23:22:24Z

0

Actually it was straight-forward selenium code:

click    link="Change..."
pause 200
click //ul[contains(@id,'fruit-switcher')]//ul[contains(@class,'dropdown-menu')]/li[3]/a
click    link="Change..."
pause 600
click //ul[contains(@id,'fruit-switcher')]//a[contains(text(),'Bananas')]

answered Feb 14, 2013 at 23:22

Michael Durrant

97.1k102 gold badges352 silver badges536 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Selenium - how to have a script use an ajax control drop-down

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related