Ruby / Watir - located=false

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Why are all the elements located false?

browser.divs.collect { |div| p div } #=>
#<Watir::Div:0x6b00922dc26e0b0 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x..fc49d26028c70a780 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x5845c71f58d40810 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x..fe5d8004222b06fe0 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x..fdabeedaf54ef9220 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
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#<Watir::Div:0x7b398ed8727c1a10 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x6960c079dfc53e70 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x3066bfe4aca244c8 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
#<Watir::Div:0x78183373aaf5bb98 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>
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#<Watir::Div:0x180fa81f39a4be40 located=false selector={:element=>(webdriver element)}>

I'm saying because there are many times non-found elements, give errors. Take Etsy for example:

b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
b.goto "https://www.etsy.com/ca/signin?from_page=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2F&ref=so_sign"
b.text_field(:name, "username").set "Robert" #=> error
b.text_field(:name, "password").set "Robert" #=> error

Are you asking from a curiosity of how watir-webdriver is implemented or is there a functional issue? — Justin Ko
Thanks for pointing that out. It's a functional issue. Updated to reflect. — Mr. Demetrius Michael

Justin Ko Justin Ko · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-16T17:03:31

My interpretation of the located=false is that Watir itself has not tried to locate the elements. When Watir creates an element collection, it fetches all the elements returned by selenium and maps them into new Watir element objects. These new Watir element objects have not been "located" in Watir's view. The located will be true if you try interact with the element.

However, I think that is just a Watir implementation detail. It does not appear to be the cause of your problem.

The problem is that there are 3 text fields on the page with the name "username" (and similar for the password).

browser.text_fields(:name, 'username').each{ |e| puts e.html }
#=> <input autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" class="text" name="username" id="username" maxlength="20" type="text">
#=> <input autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" class="text" name="username" id="username-existing" tabindex="1" type="text">
#=> <input id="username-existing" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" name="username" value="" class="text " type="text">

It looks like you actually want to be interacting with the last one (rather than the first one which Watir will select by default). I believe this is mostly easily done by scoping your search to elements within the login form:

form = b.form(:id => 'loginForm')
form.text_field(:id, "username-existing").set "Robert"
form.text_field(:id, "password-existing").set "Robert"

Ruby / Watir - located=false

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