[Wtr-general] javascript Menu

[Charley Baker]

Hey Nathan,

 Would you like to add this to the FAQs or the general Watir documentation?

-Charley

On 1/2/07, Nathan <forum-watir-users at openqa.org> wrote:
>
> So I will assume that you are talking about a menu that when your cursor
> is over it, the menu drops down or appears, and then you can click on a
> link, is this correct?  Here is a brief code snippet from one of my
> scripts.  I will explain it in detail.
>
> $objWatirBrowser.image(:id,
> "menu_SearchInventory").fireEvent("onMouseOver") # Mouse over the menu
> $objWatirBrowser.textField(:id,
> "nav_new_vsZipCode").set($objProperties.strCurrentZipCode) # Set the zip
> code
> $objWatirBrowser.link(:id, "nav_new_vsZipCode_a").click # Click on the
> Next image
>
> $objWatirBrowser is an instance or object of IE.  You probably have
> something similar already. The image I am referencing on the first line is
> an image that represents my menu, maybe you have a div instead or something
> else, then change it to what you need.  The fireEvent method after that
> causes the browser to think that there is a mouse cursor over the
> menu.  This results in making the menu appear or drop down.
>
> On the second line I fill in a field that is located on my menu.  This is
> pretty atypical (not normal), but you can do that if you need to.
>
> On the third line I am clicking on a link that is in my menu again.  I
> hope that this may help you somewhat in answering your question.  Basically
> the steps I've taken here are:
>
> 1. Mouse Over the menu to make it appear
> 2. Enter data into a text field on the menu
> 3. Click on a link on the menu
>
> Nathan
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