If the form tag has an ID, you can use Webrat' new submit_form method to do just this sort of thing.
-Bryan On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Joseph Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zach Dennis wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Mikel Lindsaar wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> >>>> Wondering if anyone else has solved this. >>>> >>>> Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have a form >>>> in >>>> the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on this form >>>> enter text and hit enter, it submits. usually used for quick search >>>> boxes. >>>> >>>> Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber feature? >>>> >>>> Scenario: Using the quick search box >>>> Given I am logged in >>>> And I visit the home page >>>> And there is someone called 'Bob Smith' to search for >>>> When I put 'Bob Smith' into the quick search box >>>> And I hit enter >>>> Then I should be shown the search results page >>>> And there should be 'Bob Smith' on the page >>>> >>>> it's the 'And I hit enter' that is bugging me :) >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I've encountered the same problem. I generally try and pull the >>> abstraction >>> up a bit a say something like: >>> >>> When I submit a quick search for 'Bob Smith' >>> >>> But here I'm assuming that its not really important to the customer how >>> they >>> submit the form just that they can. >>> >>> WDYT? >>> >> >> I agree with Matt. Unless it was really really really important to the >> customer how the thing was submitted I wouldn't try to automate the >> pressing of the enter button in the browser. I would more or less >> just say what I was doing rather than how I was doing it. I might end >> up with: >> >> Given I'm a logged in user at the home page >> And there is someone called 'Bob Smith' to earch for >> When I do a quick search for 'Bob Smith' >> Then I should see that 'Bob Smith' is found in the search results >> >> If you're wondering how you submit the quick search (since it has no >> button) then here's a suggestion that Ben Mabey gave me back in >> September: use <noscript> tags to have a button on the page that >> Webrat can submit, but that the browser won't render. >> >> Here's a link to that comment: >> >> http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-webrat-question%2C-form-without-buttons-p19299723.html >> >> >> > > And if you are using Selenium: > > key_press :search, 13 > > -- > Joseph Wilk > http://blog.josephwilk.net > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- Bryan Helmkamp http://brynary.com -- My blog _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users