What coding practices do I use in Vaadin to ensure I can record Selenium scripts?
If you use Vaadin use setDebugId(String id) method. All visual components has this method. After that you simply select element by ID.
WebDriver it look like:
WebElement el = webDriver.findElement(By.id("yourElementId"));el.sendKeys("123");
Selenium 1.0
selenium.type("id=yourElementId", "123");But sometime you will need more complex selector. In our project we use XPath with element id.
WebDriver it look like:
WebElement el = webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='yourElementId']/div"));el.sendKeys("123");
Selenium 1.0
selenium.type("//div[@id='yourElementId']/div", "123");
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