A {Capybara::Element} represents a single element on the page. It is possible to interact with the contents of this element the same as with a document:
session = Capybara::Session.new(:rack_test, my_app) bar = session.find('#bar') # from Capybara::Node::Finders bar.select('Baz', :from => 'Quox') # from Capybara::Node::Actions
{Capybara::Element} also has access to HTML attributes and other properties of the element:
bar.value bar.text bar[:title]
@see Capybara::Node
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 25 def initialize(session, base, parent, query) super(session, base) @parent = parent @query = query end
Retrieve the given attribute
element[:title] # => HTML title attribute
@param [Symbol] attribute The attribute to retrieve @return [String] The value of the attribute
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 75 def [](attribute) synchronize { base[attribute] } end
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 31 def allow_reload! @allow_reload = true end
Whether or not the element is checked.
@return [Boolean] Whether the element is checked
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 154 def checked? synchronize { base.checked? } end
Click the Element
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 117 def click synchronize { base.click } end
Whether or not the element is disabled.
@return [Boolean] Whether the element is disabled
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 174 def disabled? synchronize { base.disabled? } end
Drag the element to the given other element.
source = page.find('#foo') target = page.find('#bar') source.drag_to(target)
@param [Capybara::Element] node The element to drag to
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 209 def drag_to(node) synchronize { base.drag_to(node.base) } end
Hover on the Element
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 125 def hover synchronize { base.hover } end
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 225 def inspect %Q(#<Capybara::Element tag="#{tag_name}" path="#{path}">) rescue NotSupportedByDriverError, 'Capybara::Node::Element#inspect' %Q(#<Capybara::Element tag="#{tag_name}">) end
@return [Object] The native element from the driver, this allows access to driver specific methods
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 39 def native synchronize { base.native } end
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 213 def reload if @allow_reload begin reloaded = parent.reload.first(@query.name, @query.locator, @query.options) @base = reloaded.base if reloaded rescue => e raise e unless catch_error?(e) end end self end
Select this node if is an option element inside a select tag
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 101 def select_option synchronize { base.select_option } end
Whether or not the element is selected.
@return [Boolean] Whether the element is selected
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 164 def selected? synchronize { base.selected? } end
Set the value of the form element to the given value.
@param [String] value The new value
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 93 def set(value) synchronize { base.set(value) } end
@return [String] The tag name of the element
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 133 def tag_name synchronize { base.tag_name } end
Retrieve the text of the element. If `Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements` is `true`, which it is by default, then this will return only text which is visible. The exact semantics of this may differ between drivers, but generally any text within elements with `display:none` is ignored. This behaviour can be overridden by passing `:all` to this method.
@param [:all, :visible] type Whether to return only visible or all text @return [String] The text of the element
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 55 def text(type=nil) type ||= :all unless Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements or Capybara.visible_text_only synchronize do if type == :all base.all_text else base.visible_text end end end
Trigger any event on the current element, for example mouseover or focus events. Does not work in Selenium.
@param [String] event The name of the event to trigger
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 195 def trigger(event) synchronize { base.trigger(event) } end
Unselect this node if is an option element inside a multiple select tag
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 109 def unselect_option synchronize { base.unselect_option } end
@return [String] The value of the form element
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 83 def value synchronize { base.value } end
Whether or not the element is visible. Not all drivers support CSS, so the result may be inaccurate.
@return [Boolean] Whether the element is visible
# File lib/capybara/node/element.rb, line 144 def visible? synchronize { base.visible? } end