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MHealton's avatar
MHealton
New Contributor
3 years ago

Clicking an a tag in the same div as a span containing desired text.

Hey all, Our org is fairly new to testcomplete, and I have a feeling someone's already nailed down an elegant solution to this type of problem.  I'm working on building out some regression tests fo...
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  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    3 years ago

    Try using FindAll Method to search for "Link". For example,

    function MenuItems()
{
    var menuitems = Aliases.panelMainMenu.FindAll("ObjectType", "Link", 1);
    for (var i = 0; i < menuitems.length; i++) {
        Log.Message(menuitems[i].Name);
    }
}

    This will output the Link name.

     

    You can then perform menuitems[i].Click() if the menuitem equals what you want.

chriscc's avatar
chriscc
Contributor
3 years ago

Hi MHealton.

 

If you are using xPath to find the span, then you might be able to use the xPath Axes preceding-sibliing to get the a tag.  Not sure exactly if this will work, but something like this added to the end of your xPath for the adjacent <span>.  If not,  try a web search for xPath Axes preceding-sibliing.

 

YourXPATHCode/preceding-sibling::a[@href='javascript.removeItem(7)'];

 

I would assume there is some sort of click method for the element once you find it.

 

I hope this helps, good luck!