Get QML element in Squish by id or objectName using findObject() or waitForObject() without object map

Question

How to get QML element by id or objectName using either findObject() or waitForObject() without object map? Is it even possible?

Consider:

Item {
    id: page
    objectName: "pageObject"

    Text {
        id: foobar
        objectName: "lorem"
        text: "ipsum"
    }
}

I would like to access foobar's text in test script like:

obj = findObject("foobar")
if obj.text == "ipsum":
    test.passes("all good")
else:
    test.fail("uh oh")

I have also tried:

obj = findObject("lorem")
obj = findObject("{name='lorem'}")
obj = findObject("{name='lorem' type='Text'}")
obj = findObject("{objectName='lorem'}")
obj = findObject("{objectName='lorem' type='Text'}")

Answer 1

Ultimately I solved the issue by only having the root level object in object map. All other objects are iterated in code using functions below.

import sys
import time

# Definitions
ROOT_SYMBOLIC_OBJECT = ":_KMainView"

# Object finding functions
def findSymbolic(symbolicName):
    # Note: give Squish symbolic name like ":Foobar"
    try:
        obj = findObject(symbolicName)
    except LookupError:
        sys.exc_clear()
        test.log("FAIL: Root object not found: " + symbolicName)
        sys.exit()

    return obj

def findRoot():
    return findSymbolic(ROOT_SYMBOLIC_OBJECT)

def findFlat(fromElement, findId, occurence, stopOnFail, verbose):
    start = time.time()
    result = None
    found = 0

    if fromElement and hasattr(fromElement, 'children'):
        children = object.children(fromElement)
        for child in children:
            if hasattr(child, 'id') and child.id == findId:
                found += 1
                if found == occurence:
                    result = child
                    break

    if result == None and stopOnFail:
        test.log("FAIL: findFlat: " + findId + " not found")
        sys.exit()

    if verbose:
        printElapsed("findFlat", findId, start)

    return result

def findRecursive(fromElement, findId, occurence):
    return findRecursiveWithOptions(fromElement, findId, occurence, True, False, True)

def findRecursiveWithOptions(fromElement, findId, occurence, stopOnFail, verbose, skipUnnamed):
    start = time.time()
    found = 0
    depth = -1

    obj, found, depth = objIter(fromElement, findId, occurence, verbose, skipUnnamed, found, depth)

    if found == occurence:
        printElapsed("findRecursive ok", findId, start)
        return obj

    printElapsed("findRecursive not found", findId, start)
    if stopOnFail:
        test.log("FAIL: findRecursive:" + findId + " not found.")
        sys.exit()

    return None 

def objIter(fromElement, findId, occurence, verbose, skipUnnamed, found, depth):
    depth += 1

    if verbose:
        printObjIter(fromElement, depth)

    children = object.children(fromElement)
    for child in children:
        if hasattr(child, 'id'):
            if child.id == findId:
                found += 1
                if found == occurence:
                    return child, found, depth
        elif skipUnnamed:
            continue

        obj, found, depth = objIter(child, findId, occurence, verbose, skipUnnamed, found, depth)
        depth = depth - 1
        if found == occurence: 
            return obj, found, depth

    return None, found, depth

def findRecursiveList(fromElement, findId):
    return findRecursiveListWithOptions(fromElement, findId, True, False, True)

def findRecursiveListWithOptions(fromElement, findId, stopOnFail, verbose, skipUnnamed):
    start = time.time()
    objList = []
    depth = -1

    objList, depth = objListIter(fromElement, findId, verbose, skipUnnamed, objList, depth)

    printElapsed("findRecursiveList", findId, start)
    return objList 

def objListIter(fromElement, findId, verbose, skipUnnamed, objList, depth):
    depth += 1

    if verbose:
        printObjIter(fromElement, depth)

    children = object.children(fromElement)
    for child in children:
        if hasattr(child, 'id'):
            if child.id == findId:
                objList.append(child)
        elif skipUnnamed:
            continue

        objList, depth = objListIter(child, findId, verbose, skipUnnamed, objList, depth)
        depth = depth - 1

    return objList, depth

# Utilities
def printElapsed(functionName, objectId, start):
    elapsed = time.time() - start
    test.log(functionName + " - " + objectId + " in " + str(elapsed) + "s.")

def printObjIter(element, depth):
    dashes = "-" * depth

    if hasattr(element, 'id'):
        test.log(dashes + " " + str(element.id))
    else:
        test.log(dashes + " [unnamed]")

Example test script for the question's QML:

startApplication("exampleapp") # Launch application binary 'exampleapp'
snooze(10) # Let it start

root = findRoot()
page = findFlat(root, "page", 1, True, False)
foobar = findFlat(page, "foobar", 1, True, False)

# Also just: foobar = findRecursive(root, "foobar", 1)

if foobar.text == "ipsum":
    test.passes("text is ok")
else:
    test.fail("Incorrect foobar text: " + foobar.text)

Answer 2

You can replace the symbolic name ":_KMainView" stored in ROOT_SYMBOLIC_OBJECT with its real name just as well, because symbolic name are just place holders for real names:

Article - How Squish looks up Real Names from Symbolic Names

Answer 3

The syntax should be: findObject("{container=':_QQuickView' id='foobar' type='Text' visible='true'}")

You may find the information in [Navigate] -> [Open Symbolic Name], and then choose the element and right-click on mouse to "Copy Real Name"