just_add_watir | Advanced recipes for Watir
14Aug/08Off

Q. How do I set a checkbox with a dynamic id attribute?

A. Use a regex match to populate a dynamic variable ...
Example html:

<form action="test_0019.html" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input id="cblRoles_3" type="checkbox" tabindex="47" name="cblRoles:3"/>
<label for="cblRoles_3">Customer</label>
<input id="cblRoles_4" type="checkbox" tabindex="48" name="cblRoles:4"/>
<label for="cblRoles_4">Expedite</label>

Example watir:

dynamic_id = @b.html[/cblRoles_\d+>Expedite/].gsub(">Expedite","")
@b.checkbox(:id,dynamic_id).set
7Aug/08Off

Q. How do I check/uncheck a checkbox?

A. Use a the .checkbox in conjunction with .set(true/false)
Example html:

<form>
   <input name="checkbox" type="checkbox" />I love just_add_watir !
</form>

Example watir to activate:

@b.checkbox(:name, "checkbox").set(true)

Example watir to deactivate:

@b.checkbox(:name, "checkbox").set(false)
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