Method: PageObject::Accessors#cell

Defined in:

lib/page-object/accessors.rb

#cell(name, identifier = {:index => 0}, &block) ⇒ Object Also known as: td

adds three methods - one to retrieve the text from a table cell, another to return the table cell element, and another to check the cell’s existence.

Examples:

cell(:total, :id => 'total_cell')
# will generate 'total', 'total_element', and 'total?' methods

Parameters:

• the (Symbol) —

  name used for the generated methods

• identifier (Hash) (defaults to: {:index => 0}) —

  how we find a cell. You can use a multiple parameters by combining of any of the following except xpath. The valid keys are:

  • :class => Watir and Selenium

  • :css => Watir and Selenium

  • :id => Watir and Selenium

  • :index => Watir and Selenium

  • :name => Watir and Selenium

  • :text => Watir and Selenium

  • :xpath => Watir and Selenium

  • :css => Selenium only

• optional —

  block to be invoked when element method is called

# File 'lib/page-object/accessors.rb', line 631

def cell(name, identifier={:index => 0}, &block)
  standard_methods(name, identifier, 'cell_for', &block)
  define_method("#{name}") do
    return platform.cell_text_for identifier.clone unless block_given?
    self.send("#{name}_element").text
  end
end