Nightwatch: Use global selector strategy as fallback in page objects elements

[vomchik]

https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/blob/master/lib/page-object/element.js#L17

In this code we are used css selector. Maybe it's should be use global configuration?

[beatfactor]

Yeah, it should use xpath if use_xpath is true in nightwatch.json - http://nightwatchjs.org/guide#using-xpath-selectors. Or are you suggesting we add support for using any locate strategy? I think using anything other than 'css selector' or 'xpath' is quite an edge case so that wasn't a concern so far.

[lcjnil]

@beatfactor
I hope that we can define selector strategy on atom operations like that:
browser/somePageObject.click({select: '//xxx', strategy: 'xpath'})

As you can see, switching strategy in page object custom command is to painful, it would be find if you could find some easier ways

[senocular]

@lcjnil I'm working on something very similar to that. See #1116.

[karthikkbaalaji]

+1

I defined "use_xpath": true in my test_setting in nightwatch.json, still the default behaviour is css, it wouldn't change as specified in the guide:

"To always use xpath by default set the property "use_xpath": true in your test settings."

http://nightwatchjs.org/guide#using-xpath-selectors

[gregoryduckworth]

I have the same issue as @karthikkbaalaji where even if I define "use_xpath": true the default behaviour is css

[marcusmarchesoni]

+1

[Rajesh-Narayanappa87]

+1

[akapurmf]

+21(21 testers on our side.)

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If possible, please retry using the latest Nightwatch version and update the issue with any relevant details. If no further activity occurs, it will be closed. Thank you for your contribution.

[weetabixhands]

I'm also seeing my "use_xpath" value being ignored. Am I doing something wrong?

"test_settings": { "default": { "screenshots": { "enabled": true, // if you want to keep screenshots "path": './screenshots' // save screenshots here }, "globals": { "waitForConditionTimeout": 5000, // sometimes internet is slow so wait. "use_xpath": true }, "desiredCapabilities": { // use Chrome as the default browser for tests "browserName": "chrome" } }, "chrome": { "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "chrome", "javascriptEnabled": true // turn off to test progressive enhancement } } }

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If possible, please retry using the latest Nightwatch version and update the issue with any relevant details. If no further activity occurs, it will be closed. Thank you for your contribution.

[kretschmannj]

Not sure why this was closed because it's still an issue in Nightwatch v1.5