[Webtest] How to click an image link?

[Ian Pojman]

find the "Xpath explorer" application, and try to build a correct
expression that way, it beats guessing ...
/ian

On 7/8/05, Tim Miller <tmiller@edgedynamics.com> wrote:
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> This seems close to working.  I changed the syntax slightly to add the
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> <click description=3D"Click the 'Show Chart' tab"=20
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> xpath=3D"//img[@ONCLICK=3D&quot;loadPage('/edgedynamics/portal/jsp/analyt=
ics/explorer_chart.jsp');&quot;]"
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> But, the button cannot be found.=20
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> com.canoo.webtest.engine.StepFailedException: No element
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> "//img[@ONCLICK=3D"loadPage('/edgedynamics/portal/jsp/analytics/explorer_=
chart.jsp');"]".,
> Step: Click at
> file:C:/home/qauser01/ApplicationTests/Suite-p2.4-a2.3.2/gm-test/Analytic=
s/VerifyViewTest.xml:73:
> with (stepid=3D"<unknown>",
> XPath=3D"//img[@ONCLICK=3D"loadPage('/edgedynamics/portal/jsp/analytics/e=
xplorer_chart.jsp');"]",
> stepType=3D"click")=20
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> From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com [mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com=
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> On Behalf Of Nimesh Muley
>  Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:46 PM
>  To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
>  Subject: RE: [Webtest] How to click an image link?=20
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> We had a similar requirement in one of our projects and following was the
> solution for the same.=20
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> Use the <click> step. For the image use XPATH expression.=20
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> E.g. in your case it would be=20
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> <click
> xpath=3D"//img[@onclick=3DloadPage('/edgedynamics/portal/jsp/analytics/ex=
plorer_chart.jsp');"
> stepid=3D"View the chart"/>=20
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> The onclick attribute is used to locate the image in the example above.
> Similarly I believe you can use other attributes instead of onclick
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> - Nimesh=20
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> -----Original Message-----
>  From: Tim Miller [mailto:tmiller@edgedynamics.com]
>  Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:30 AM
>  To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
>  Subject: [Webtest] How to click an image link? Is there a way to click a=
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> image so the onclick event is triggered with WebTest?  Html follows.
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> <td>
>   <img name=3D"chart"
> src=3D"/edgedynamics/portal/images/chart_off.gif"
>     border=3D"0"
>     ONMOUSEOVER=3D"showOnButton('chart');"
>     ONMOUSEOUT=3D"showOffButton('chart');"
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> ONCLICK=3D"loadPage('/edgedynamics/portal/jsp/analytics/explorer_chart.js=
p');">
> </td>
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