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Widget <-> View (ID) [message #648303]

Wed, 12 January 2011 10:37

Missing name Mising name

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For various resons, a method that receives a Widget object needs to find out if this widget belongs to a view, and if so, what ID it has.

I found no really good solution to get this info. I tried using the debugger to see if it was stored in any widget data field or similar, but I haven't been able to find anything. Anyone?

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Re: Widget <-> View (ID) [message #648412 is a reply to message #648303]

Wed, 12 January 2011 19:06

Paul Webster

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On 01/12/2011 05:37 AM, PigsAngel wrote:
> For various resons, a method that receives a Widget object needs to find
> out if this widget belongs to a view, and if so, what ID it has.

That information is not available in the general case. i.e. it's not
stored anywhere.

If you write your own views, you can store the appropriate information.

What exactly are you trying to do? And by that I mean what behaviour is
your user expecting to see?

PW

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Re: Widget <-> View (ID) [message #648499 is a reply to message #648412]

Thu, 13 January 2011 09:21

Missing name Mising name

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Thanks, I suspected that was the answer.

This information would be useful for simplifying the writing of GUI test cases, but I presume we have to find other ways to solve this.

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Re: Widget <-> View (ID) [message #648549 is a reply to message #648499]

Thu, 13 January 2011 13:26

Paul Webster

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On 01/13/2011 04:21 AM, PigsAngel wrote:
> Thanks, I suspected that was the answer.
>
> This information would be useful for simplifying the writing of GUI test
> cases, but I presume we have to find other ways to solve this.

If you know before hand, you can set IDs on your widgets and use them in
your UI test cases.

i.e. in your viewpart, you create buttons and use
button.setData("test.id", "button1")

Then when walking your view, you can find "button1" for your tests and
when button 1 is clicked you can check that ID in your tests, etc.

Depending on the size of your app, you might only want to set the data
when in test mode.

PW

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