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vladd1
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21 days ago
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FindAll Method Not Returning Anything

This is hopefully a straightforward solution for someone out there with far more experience than I. My application has rows inside a parent element. Each row is segmented so it also appears to have columns. I need to get all the "add user" buttons that are in a 'column' together in one array and loop through it. 

Roughly

<div>
 <row 1> <stuff I dont need> <button I do need>
 <row 2> <stuff I dont need> <button I do need>
 <row 3> <stuff I dont need> <button I do need>
</div>

I believe the FindAll or FindAllChildren is the correct route but I am getting empty arrays returned. The buttons all have the same text "Add User" and are SPAN elements (not actually a button element). The buttons are all in the rows as I described and are contained in one parent DIV that wraps around all the rows. (Unfortunately not the column).

This is close to what I have without sharing exact code:

let column = page.FindElement("//div[contains(@class, 'random-css')]"); 
Log.Message(column.FindAllChildren("SPAN", "Add User", 300000))
>> returns null

Thank you
web testing

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    • vladd1's avatar
      vladd1
      Occasional Contributor
      21 days ago

      Scot1967 I rescind my earlier response, I think with enough tweaking and inspecting I can work with the solution you provided. Thank you so much! Solved

    • vladd1's avatar
      vladd1
      Occasional Contributor
      21 days ago

      Hello Scot1967,

      First off, thank you! I had not found that method before and it seems very useful. Second I tried implementing it into my code and while I did not get an error I also did not seem to get success. What I did get was an empty response row in my TC log, and when I created a loop around my column element I then got 14 empty responses in TC, when there are 21 rows. Could the issue be that I am logging my result in a message? 

      Updated from your suggestion:

       let column = page.FindElements("//span[.='Add User']");
  for(var i = 0; i < column.length; i++) {
      Log.Message(column[i])
  }

       

  • scot1967's avatar
    scot1967
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    21 days ago

    Sounds like you have it....  maybe .contentText) or .innerText would get you the name text?  

    Have a good one!

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    scot1967
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    21 days ago

    If you are not returning an empty array then you should see objects if you inspect the array by setting a break and a watch.  The array will contain objects so you will need to refer to an object property to log anything. 

    Maybe like this? (Not sure what properties you have)

    let column = page.FindElements("//span[.='Add User']");
for (var i = 0; i < column.length; i++) {
    Log.Message(column[i].Name);
}