Incorrect error message?

[gregfenton]

At line 22 of https://github.com/abhinaba-ghosh/cypress-react-selector/blob/master/index.js, the error message states:

React Selector not loaded yet. did you forget to run cy.waitToLoadReact()?

but I believe that as a user of this plugin we are expected to run cy.waitForReact()? It looks like waitToLoadReact() is something being called "under the covers", not what a user of the plugin is expected to do?

[abhinaba-ghosh]

Hi @gregfenton , thanks for the detailed error description. As a user you need to tell the react selector to wait for react to be loaded for below reason:

1. You might be having a legacy application where react is one of the technology if not only. It is possible that you are loading react views in specific user interaction in that case. So, cypress-react-selector needs to understand at which moment react is loaded.
2. Sometimes there are multiple react roots available in the application. Let us assume your team is developing different parts of the application as separate react projects and then integrating them all. In that case Cypress-react-selector needs to understand what is the target react root.

You will get a better understanding here: https://github.com/abhinaba-ghosh/cypress-react-selector#wait-for-application-to-be-ready-to-run-tests

Also, have a look into the beforeAll method of these sample test: https://github.com/abhinaba-ghosh/cypress-react-selector/blob/master/cypress/integration/react-selector.spec.js

Let me know if it helps. I am open to any suggestions.

[gregfenton]

Correct, both those examples show waitForReact(), but the error message I indicate says waitToLoadReact().

[abhinaba-ghosh]

@gregfenton That's a typo. Good catch! will be fixed in the next version.

[abhinaba-ghosh]

Typo is fixed in version V0.1.6

Closing the ticket.