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Get span by ID
SahiUser59
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Hi,
I know I can get a textbox by using its ID e.g. _textbox("ShortName") but I am trying to get the span by using its ID.
_span("/7/1/1/")
( yes the Id is /7/1/1 )
The text inside this span matches another one and so I need to use the ID.
So the code will look like this:
var $item2 = _span("/7/1/1/");
_click($item2);
I know I can get a textbox by using its ID e.g. _textbox("ShortName") but I am trying to get the span by using its ID.
_span("/7/1/1/")
( yes the Id is /7/1/1 )
The text inside this span matches another one and so I need to use the ID.
So the code will look like this:
var $item2 = _span("/7/1/1/");
_click($item2);
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please try to escape the ID like _span("\/7\/1\/1\/") so that it isn't recognized as regular expression. Can you access the span with the Sahi controller?
Regards
Wormi
This is the problem: If I have two elements like this:
<span id="myID1">Hello World</span>
<span id="myID2">Hello World</span>
and I want the second span, how do I get it?
I would want to reference it by _span("myID2"); But I cannot.
The documentation says I can only use the display text, and _span("Hello World") will return myID1
var $item2 = document.getElementById("/7/1/1/");
_click($item2);
Sorry for being dim guys, it was really warm in the office yesterday and it was making me feel pretty sleepy ha ha!