Click at a scrollable data table with watir

Question

Is there anyway of marking several different rows in a scrollable data table ?

I know how to mark one row b.div(:id, "listProductsForm:productList:bc_4_0").click

I just want to simulate the "Ctrl"- button is pressed down

Answer 1

How does your "scrollable data table" looks like? Show us the HTML. I see that you are using div tag to access one element.

You probably need to fire some JavaScript event. See How to find out which JavaScript events fired?

Answer 2

The chances are good that you will need to use a combination of Watir::IE.send_keys() and the click actions on the document.

Try something like this:

@browser.send_keys("{CTRLDOWN}")
@browser.div(:id, "listProductsForm:productList:bc_4_0").click
@browser.div(:id, "listProductsForm:productList:bc_5_0").click
@browser.send_keys("{CTRLUP}")

Watir API documentation: http://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/1.6.5/classes/Watir/IE.html#M000497

The documentation above links to the specific key commands that can be sent. I'm pretty sure this will require that you have AutoIt installed.