How to use fill_in with find in Capybara (if possible)
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I'd like to do the following but can't due to the nature of fill_in expecting a locator as the first argument.
find(:css, "input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']").fill_in :with => "10"
I've also tried doing
element = find(:css, "input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']")
fill_in element.<method> , :with => "10"
but there are no methods that return any data to identify the element to fill_in.
Any ideas of the best way of finding a field via a regex for use with fill_in?
Find Solutions
Solution 1 - Find
If you have a reference to the element itself you'd use set
instead of fill_in
:
find(:css, "input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']").set("10")
However for your specific example, fill_in
should be able to find the element as you know it's ID:
fill_in 'donation_pledge_hundreds', with: "10"
Solution 2 - Find
element = find(:css, "input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']")
element.fill_in with: "10"
Solution 3 - Find
Instead of a method, you can use brackets to return :name
or :id
, e.g.
element = find(:css, "input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']")
fill_in element[:name], :with => "10"
The same approach can be used with select
-
select my_type, from: find('select[name$="[type]"]')[:name]
Solution 4 - Find
find("input[id$='donation_pledge_hundreds']").set "10"
It's worth noting that you can chain your finds.
@modal = find(".modal")
@modal.find('input[name=foo]').set "bar"
Solution 5 - Find
fill_in <$id>, :with => 'text you want to fill in'