How to find XPath of an ExtJS element with dynamic

问题:

All the elements in the application which i am testing have dynanic ID's . The test always passes when i replay it without refreshing the page but as soon as i refresh the page, The Test Fails because Id's of all the elements changes randomly and selenium cannot match the recorded id's with the new ones .

I tried to use Xpath-position, It works for some objects but in case of Dropdown list and Buttons, it dosent work!

Can anyone please tell me how to find the Xpath (Meathods in JAVA or S*elence*) of an object OR How to create a new Locator Finder for Dropdown list and Buttons

I can show the properties (Inspected by Firebug) of the dropdown which is teasing me.

properties of Dropdown :

<div id="ext-gen1345" class="x-trigger-index-0 x-form-trigger x-form-arrow-trigger x-form-trigger-last x-unselectable" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none;"></div>

properties of Dropdown*Choice*:

<ul>
    <li class="x-boundlist-item" role="option">Rescue</li>
</ul>

回答1:

Please search before posting, I have been answering this over and over.

ExtJS pages are hard to test, especially on finding elements.

Here are some of the tips I consider useful:

• Don't ever use dynamically generated IDs. like (:id, 'ext-gen1345')

• Don't ever use absolute/meaningless XPath, like //*[@class='someclass']/li/ul/li[2]/ul/li[2]/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div

• Take advantage of meaningful auto-generated partial ids and class names. (So you need show more HTML in your example, as I can make suggestions.)

  For example, this ExtJS grid example: (:css, '.x-grid-view .x-grid-table') would be handy. If there are multiple of grids, try index them or locate the identifiable ancestor, like (:css, '#something-meaningful .x-grid-view .x-grid-table'). In your case, (:css, '#something-meaningful .x-form-arrow-trigger')

• Take advantage of button's text.

  For example, this ExtJS example: you can use XPath .//li[contains(@class, 'x-boundlist-item') and text()='Rescue']. However, this method is not suitable for CSS Selector or multi-language applications.

• The best way to test is to create meaningful class names in the source code. If you don't have the access to the source code, please talk to your manager, using Selenium against ExtJS application should really be a developer's job. ExtJS provides cls and tdCls for custom class names, so you can add cls:'testing-btn-foo' in your source code, and Selenium can get it by (:css, '.x-panel .testing-btn-foo').

Other answers I made on this topic:

• How to find ExtJS elements with dynamic id
• How to find unique selectors for elements on pages with ExtJS for use with Selenium?
• How to click on elements in ExtJS using Selenium?
• Using class names in Watir
• how to click on checkboxes on a pop-up window which doesn't have name, label

回答2:

I would suggest you build a xpath from any of the parent of your DIV. you may get messed if there is no immediate parent node has such one.

example,

//*[@id='parentof div']/div
//*[@class='grand parent of div']/div/div

i did even something like this,

//*[@class='someclass']/li/ul/li[2]/ul/li[2]/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div

But still, its not encouraged to do so.