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aceataldot
New Contributor
6 years ago
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Using .ClickItem() to set dropdown takes too long, but .value doesn't fire onChange in the browser.

Hello, I've been beating my head against the wall on this one for some time now.  I'm trying to use TestComplete to create an set of automated tests that will run nightly to see if anyone "broke the ...
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  • aceataldot's avatar
    aceataldot
    6 years ago

    From SmartBear support we got an answer that seems to be good enough.

     

    In short, we switched from Chrome to Firefox for the browser for these test scripts.  Using Click Item in Firefox is nearly as fast as the setting the .Value directly and the JSON is automatically triggered.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

I would go with what you're doing with setting the value directly.  But then, you should be able to see on your object in the object browser of TestComplete the OnChange event method that you SHOULD be able to call directly.  At least, that's how I've done it in the past.  YMMV.