Loop through the container of elements

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I am new to Testcomplete with JavaScript.How can i loop through a collection/container of element?When all the elements are using the same class name/Id.I don't want run the test individually by using "contains". I want to loop through the container .&nbsp;In Selenium i can do it with below code:&nbsp;List&lt;WebElement&gt;&nbsp;vContainer = element.findElements(By.cssSelector("element));&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (vContainer&nbsp;.size() &gt; 0) {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //Can iterate the list if you expect more than one div of type someDiv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String myText = mightHaveSomeDiv.get(0).getText();&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return element;&nbsp;

tristaanogre · Answer

Look into using FindAllChildren (https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/common-for-all/findallchildren-method.html).

alexkaras · Answer

Hi,
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Unlike Selenium;), TestComplete provides really useful and descriptive documentation with a lot of code samples. So it's definitely worth reading.
Your code is incorrect almost everywhere :)
FindChildByXPath returns first found element, thus it is not possible to iterate through them. EvaluateXPath() returns an array of found elements and it is possible to iterate through the returned array.
FindAllChildren() returns an array and thus it does not contain .innerText property. Also,&nbsp;FindAllChildren() expects not XPath but a different set of parameters.
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Final note: while it is possible to search elements in TestComplete via XPath and this may be more convenient for you after Selenium, more effective approach in TestComplete's world is to use Aliases, FindChild() and FindAllChildren() methods. I would recommend you to read about them in the help.

alexkaras · Answer

Hi,
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Another point where you may have problems as well:
&gt; page.EvaluateXPath("//INPUT[contains(@onclick, 'CookieGroup')]");
Depending on the page markup, the above may return an element(s) that is/are not wrapped by TestComplete and accessible in the Object Browser but is/are native DOM elements (this is mentioned in the help article where XPath is described). If you happen to get such native DOM element while iterating through the array, then
&gt; arr[i].Click();
will fail because native DOM element does not contain .Click() method and you must call native .click() one instead.
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The above is just another reason for the statement that "XPath in TestComplete is the last resort option when nothing else works and must be avoided in favor of Aliases and .FindXXX() methods".

kaiiii · Answer

We can find the element by using XPathpage.FindChildByXPath("//TagName[@PropertyName='KeyValue'][text()]")Make an object for the above xpath and I hope it will be work.

funmay · Answer

Hi All,Thank you for the feedback.This is not working for me,when i used the&nbsp;FindChildByXPath,it is only return the first element,when it should return&nbsp; 5 elements with the below code.&nbsp;var&nbsp;containerEle;var ele = "//div[@class='something']/h3";var elepath= ObjectConverted(ele);containerEle = page.FindChildByXPath(tablexPath).innerText;for(i=0; i&lt;=containerEle.length;i++){Log.MessagecontainerEle [i]);}&nbsp;Error seen(Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment 12:06:36 Normal Error) with&nbsp;FindAllChildren with the below code:var&nbsp;containerEle;var ele = "//div[@class='something']/h3";var elepath= ObjectConverted(ele);containerEle = pageFindAllChildren(tablexPath).innerText;for(i=0; i&lt;=containerEle.length;i++){Log.MessagecontainerEle [i]);}&nbsp;Could you please provide code to make this action funtioned,this is very easy to do with Selenium.Can someone from SmartBear TestComplete help in this situation

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