Cheat Sheet

 

Getting Started Load the Watir library require 'watir' Open a browser (default: Internet Explorer) browser = Watir::Browser.new Open Browser at the specified URL browser = Watir::Browser.start("http://google.com") Go to a specified URL browser.goto("http://amazon.com") Close the browser browser.close

Browser options (IE only) Speed up execution (or use the "-b" command line switch) browser.speed = :fast Maximize browser window browser.maximize Pop browser window to front browser.bring_to_front

Access an Element Text box or text area t = browser.text_field(:name, "username") Button b = browser.button(:value, "Click Here") Drop down list d = browser.select_list(:name, "month") Check box c = browser.checkbox(:name, "enabled") Radio button r = browser.radio(:name, "payment type") Form f = browser.form(:name, "address") f = browser.form(:action, "submit") Link l = browser.link(:url, "http://google.com") l = browser.link(:href, "http://google.com") Table cell in a table (2nd row, 1st column) td = browser.table(:name, 'recent_records')[2][1]

Manipulate the Element Click a button or link b.click l.click Enter text in a text box t.set("mickey mouse") Enter multiple lines in a multi-line text box t.set("line 1\nline2") Set radio button or check box c.set r.set Clear an element t.clear c.clear r.clear Select an option in a drop down list d.select "cash" d.set "cash" Clear a drop down list d.clearSelection Submit a form f.submit Flash any element (useful from the watir-console) e.flash

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Return the html of the page or any element browser.html e.html Return the text of the page or any element browser.text e.text Return the title of the document browser.title

Get text from status bar. browser.status => "Done" Return true if the specified text appears on the page browser.text.include? 'llama' Return the contents of a table as an array browser.table(:id, 'recent_records').to_a

Based on the Secret Geek Cheat Sheet and the Scripting Web Tests Cheat Sheet

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