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shiva_ranabhat
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10 years ago
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Any available property to identify element based on hierarchy?

Hi,    I'm looking for an identifier in Object Spy, where I can specify 'click on 5th item in a hierarchy'. I don't want to identify based on text.  For instance, I could then go to Name Mappi...
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shiva_ranabhat
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Hi Tanya,

 

For the selected user Matida Morris, object browser is :

 

identifier2.jpg

its quite complex.

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TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago

 Thanks for the screenshot.

As you are testing web pages, the EvaluateXPath method is available for you. It searches through html elements by using a special expression you created. For example, your expression can look like this:

//OL[@class='ClassName']/LI[1]

 

 

To create an expression, you need to analyze the html code of your list.

Here are several online articles that will help you:

http://smartbear.com/viewarticle/55768/

http://smartbear.com/viewarticle/62117/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256115(v=vs.110).aspx

 

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    shiva_ranabhat
    Contributor
    10 years ago

    Thanks for the reply Tanya.

     

    That's fairly complex to follow up. Just a question, Is the class name to be used from 'top' of hierarchy or bottom of hierarchy before the element?

     

    class1.jpg

     

    • HKosova's avatar
      HKosova
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      10 years ago

      Hi Shiva,

      Your tree object looks like Ext JS TreePanel / TreeGrid. If that's the case, you can also use the ClickCell method to click items by indexes or labels:

      function Test()
{
  var strUrl = "http://dev.sencha.com/ext/5.0.1/examples/tree/locking-treegrid.html";
  Browsers.Item(btIExplorer).Run(strUrl);

  var page = Sys.Browser().Page(strUrl);
  var tree = page.FindChild("ObjectIdentifier", "treepanel_locked", 10);

  // Click the "Project: Shopping > Remodeling > Fix lights" item by text
  tree.wChildView("Project: Shopping").wChildView("Remodeling").ClickCell("Fix lights", "Task");

  // Click the "Project: Testing > Mac OSX > Chrome" item by indexes
  tree.wChildView(1).wChildView(0).ClickCell(2, 0);
}

       

      For "Matilda Morris" in your example, it should be something like this:

      // Each "wChildView" represents a parent item
treeObj.wChildView(0).wChildView(0).wChildView(0).wChildView(0).wChildView(0).ClickCell(0, 0);

      You can record the item click and then change it to use item indexes instead of labels.