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Storing a reference to a popup in a variable

peterfarsinsenpeterfarsinsen Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out a way to store a reference to a popup, but so far I've not been able to figure out how to do so.

What I would like to do is something along the lines:
function getPopup() {
    return _popup('popupName');
}

var $pop = getPopup();
$pop._doSahiStuff();

In the above case $pop will be undefined even though _popup('popupName'); does find the popup. Calling _popup('popupName')._someSahiMethod(); does work, but that's not really as DRY as I would like it.

Is it possible at all to store a reference to a popup? If so please let me know how ;)

Thanks in advance!

- Peter

Comments

  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi Peter,

    You can do something else though. There is an API called _selectWindow(popupId). Have a look at _selectWindow() here: http://sahi.co.in/w/miscellaneous-apis

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • peterfarsinsenpeterfarsinsen Members
    Hi narayan,

    Don't know how I missed that.

    It's not exactly what I was looking for, but it's working very well.

    Thanks for helping out!

    Cheers,

    Peter
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    You missed it because I added the docs after your question ;)

    Cheers,
    Narayan
  • peterfarsinsenpeterfarsinsen Members
    Ha ha. Nice one!

    On that note, are there any plans to restructure the API? I've been working with SAHI for a couple of weeks and I find the sectioning of topics on different pages a bit unintuitive and pretty hard to navigate (especially to search). I think having them all on one page is a better solution now.

    Cheers,

    - Peter
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Are you suggesting that we should club all the Accessor, Action and Miscellaneous APIs together? That could definitely make API lookups easier.
  • peterfarsinsenpeterfarsinsen Members
    Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. I see why the API is split into three, but I'm often confused by it when looking for something.

    As an example the _log(), _wait() and all of the assertion methods could just as well be placed on the misc. page.

    I really depends on how you use the API, but as a big fan of the browsers built in page search, having it all on one page would make sense ;) Other might not agree.

    - Peter
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