rspec users - Nov 2008 - Cucumber - how to spec a quick search box

Hello all.
Wondering if anyone else has solved this.

Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have a form in
the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on this form
enter text and hit enter, it submits.  usually used for quick search boxes.

Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber feature?

Scenario: Using the quick search box
  Given I am logged in
  And I visit the home page
  And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to search for
  When I put ''Bob Smith'' into the quick search box
  And I hit enter
  Then I should be shown the search results page
  And there should be ''Bob Smith'' on the page

it''s the ''And I hit enter'' that is bugging me :)

Any ideas?

Mikel


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Mikel Lindsaar wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> Wondering if anyone else has solved this.
>
> Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have a form 
> in the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on this 
> form enter text and hit enter, it submits.  usually used for quick 
> search boxes.
>
> Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber feature?
>
> Scenario: Using the quick search box
>   Given I am logged in
>   And I visit the home page
>   And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to search for
>   When I put ''Bob Smith'' into the quick search box
>   And I hit enter
>   Then I should be shown the search results page
>   And there should be ''Bob Smith'' on the page
>
> it''s the ''And I hit enter'' that is bugging me :)
>
> Any ideas?
>
I''ve encountered the same problem. I generally try and pull the 
abstraction up a bit a say something like:

When I submit a quick search for ''Bob Smith''

But here I''m assuming that its not really important to the customer how
they submit the form just that they can.

WDYT?
--
Joseph Wilk
http://blog.josephwilk.net

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Wilk <josephwilk at
joesniff.co.uk> wrote:
> Mikel Lindsaar wrote:
>>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> Wondering if anyone else has solved this.
>>
>> Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have a form
in
>> the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on this
form
>> enter text and hit enter, it submits.  usually used for quick search
boxes.
>>
>> Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber feature?
>>
>> Scenario: Using the quick search box
>>  Given I am logged in
>>  And I visit the home page
>>  And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to search
for
>>  When I put ''Bob Smith'' into the quick search box
>>  And I hit enter
>>  Then I should be shown the search results page
>>  And there should be ''Bob Smith'' on the page
>>
>> it''s the ''And I hit enter'' that is bugging
me :)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> I''ve encountered the same problem. I generally try and pull the
abstraction
> up a bit a say something like:
>
> When I submit a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
>
> But here I''m assuming that its not really important to the
customer how they
> submit the form just that they can.
>
> WDYT?
I agree with Matt. Unless it was really really really important to the
customer how the thing was submitted I wouldn''t try to automate the
pressing of the enter button in the browser.  I would more or less
just say what I was doing rather than how I was doing it. I might end
up with:

Given I''m a logged in user at the home page
And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to earch for
When I do a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
Then I should see that ''Bob Smith'' is found in the search
results

If you''re wondering how you submit the quick search (since it has no
button) then here''s a suggestion that Ben Mabey gave me back in
September: use <noscript> tags to have a button on the page that
Webrat can submit, but that the browser won''t render.

Here''s a link to that comment:
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-webrat-question%2C-form-without-buttons-p19299723.html


-- 
Zach Dennis
http://www.continuousthinking.com
http://www.mutuallyhuman.com

Zach Dennis wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Wilk <josephwilk at
joesniff.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Mikel Lindsaar wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> Wondering if anyone else has solved this.
>>>
>>> Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have a
form in
>>> the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on this
form
>>> enter text and hit enter, it submits.  usually used for quick
search boxes.
>>>
>>> Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber feature?
>>>
>>> Scenario: Using the quick search box
>>>  Given I am logged in
>>>  And I visit the home page
>>>  And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to
search for
>>>  When I put ''Bob Smith'' into the quick search box
>>>  And I hit enter
>>>  Then I should be shown the search results page
>>>  And there should be ''Bob Smith'' on the page
>>>
>>> it''s the ''And I hit enter'' that is
bugging me :)
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>       
>> I''ve encountered the same problem. I generally try and pull
the abstraction
>> up a bit a say something like:
>>
>> When I submit a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
>>
>> But here I''m assuming that its not really important to the
customer how they
>> submit the form just that they can.
>>
>> WDYT?
>>     
>
> I agree with Matt. Unless it was really really really important to the
> customer how the thing was submitted I wouldn''t try to automate
the
> pressing of the enter button in the browser.  I would more or less
> just say what I was doing rather than how I was doing it. I might end
> up with:
>
> Given I''m a logged in user at the home page
> And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to earch for
> When I do a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
> Then I should see that ''Bob Smith'' is found in the search
results
>
> If you''re wondering how you submit the quick search (since it has
no
> button) then here''s a suggestion that Ben Mabey gave me back in
> September: use <noscript> tags to have a button on the page that
> Webrat can submit, but that the browser won''t render.
>
> Here''s a link to that comment:
>
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-webrat-question%2C-form-without-buttons-p19299723.html
>
>
>   
And if you are using Selenium:

key_press :search, 13

--
Joseph Wilk
http://blog.josephwilk.net

If the form tag has an ID, you can use Webrat'' new submit_form method
to do just this sort of thing.

-Bryan

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Joseph Wilk <josephwilk at
joesniff.co.uk> wrote:
> Zach Dennis wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Wilk <josephwilk at
joesniff.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Mikel Lindsaar wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all.
>>>>
>>>> Wondering if anyone else has solved this.
>>>>
>>>> Some websites (including the intranet app I am working on) have
a form
>>>> in
>>>> the top corner of the site that is buttonless. If you focus on
this form
>>>> enter text and hit enter, it submits.  usually used for quick
search
>>>> boxes.
>>>>
>>>> Question, has anyone managed to tie that into a cucumber
feature?
>>>>
>>>> Scenario: Using the quick search box
>>>>  Given I am logged in
>>>>  And I visit the home page
>>>>  And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to
search for
>>>>  When I put ''Bob Smith'' into the quick search
box
>>>>  And I hit enter
>>>>  Then I should be shown the search results page
>>>>  And there should be ''Bob Smith'' on the page
>>>>
>>>> it''s the ''And I hit enter'' that is
bugging me :)
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I''ve encountered the same problem. I generally try and
pull the
>>> abstraction
>>> up a bit a say something like:
>>>
>>> When I submit a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
>>>
>>> But here I''m assuming that its not really important to the
customer how
>>> they
>>> submit the form just that they can.
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>>
>>
>> I agree with Matt. Unless it was really really really important to the
>> customer how the thing was submitted I wouldn''t try to
automate the
>> pressing of the enter button in the browser.  I would more or less
>> just say what I was doing rather than how I was doing it. I might end
>> up with:
>>
>> Given I''m a logged in user at the home page
>> And there is someone called ''Bob Smith'' to earch for
>> When I do a quick search for ''Bob Smith''
>> Then I should see that ''Bob Smith'' is found in the
search results
>>
>> If you''re wondering how you submit the quick search (since it
has no
>> button) then here''s a suggestion that Ben Mabey gave me back
in
>> September: use <noscript> tags to have a button on the page that
>> Webrat can submit, but that the browser won''t render.
>>
>> Here''s a link to that comment:
>>
>>
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-webrat-question%2C-form-without-buttons-p19299723.html
>>
>>
>>
>
> And if you are using Selenium:
>
> key_press :search, 13
>
> --
> Joseph Wilk
> http://blog.josephwilk.net
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-- 
Bryan Helmkamp
http://brynary.com -- My blog

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Bryan Helmkamp <lists at brynary.com>
wrote:
> If the form tag has an ID, you can use Webrat'' new submit_form
method
> to do just this sort of thing.
>
Not wrong about being new :)  24 hours ago... recent enough not to be in the
History.txt file and I had to go hunting for the change set ;)

Thanks, works perfectly!

Mikel
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