Method: Capybara.add_selector

Defined in:
lib/capybara.rb

.add_selector(name, **options) { ... } ⇒ Object

Add a new selector to Capybara. Selectors can be used by various methods in Capybara to find certain elements on the page in a more convenient way. For example adding a selector to find certain table rows might look like this:

Capybara.add_selector(:row) do
  xpath { |num| ".//tbody/tr[#{num}]" }
end

This makes it possible to use this selector in a variety of ways:

find(:row, 3)
page.find('table#myTable').find(:row, 3).text
page.find('table#myTable').has_selector?(:row, 3)
within(:row, 3) { expect(page).to have_content('$100.000') }

Here is another example:

Capybara.add_selector(:id) do
  xpath { |id| XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:id) == id.to_s] }
end

Note that this particular selector already ships with Capybara.

Parameters:

  • name (Symbol) —

    The name of the selector to add

Yields:

  • A block executed in the context of the new Selector


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# File 'lib/capybara.rb', line 182

def add_selector(name, **options, &block)
  Capybara::Selector.add(name, **options, &block)
end