Accessors for multiple elements

[p0deje]

Hi!

I've been thinking about the ways to do smth like this

class Page
  include PageObject

  divs :history_divs, class: 'history'

  def history_notes
    history_divs_elements.map(&:text)
  end
end

Is multiple elements accessors are possible or planned?

[wjpowell]

I haven't verified this, but can't you already accomplish the same thing with this?

  def history_notes
    div_elements(:class=> 'history').map(&:text)
  end

[p0deje]

It works, but it's not much different from watir:

def history_notes
  browser.divs(:class => 'history').map(&:text)
end

and I'd want to be able to define elements in a single place (section of page-object accessors calls) to keep page classes well-organized.

[cheezy]

The form that @wjpowell showed works just fine. I really do not see the need to add another set of methods that generate other methods when it is very simple to get what you want with the existing api.

[p0deje]

I know that it works. However, one of the advantages of page-object is that it makes page classes very structured because literally all the elements are defined using class methods and are in the beginning of class. Without accessors to multiple elements, you have to define elements in instance methods.

That's IMO and may be irrelevant, so just close the issue if you think it doesn't worth :)

[cheezy]

I've added this to the gem. It will go out with the release I have planned for later today.

[p0deje]

Thanks!

[swaroop-tata]

If i have 3 divs with same class name. How do i access the first div's text?

[gabyshev]

@swaroop-tata You can get particular div with index property.

div(:my_div, class: 'common-class', index: 0)