How to iterate a select_list from Page Objects in Ruby

Question

I have a page object that has a list item of locations.

select_list(:locations, :id => 'locations)

And I would like to have a list of locations and then select one of them. Something like:

def select_item_different_than d_item    
 list_items = :locations.items #This is wrong, but you get the point
 list_items.each do |item|
   if item != d_item
     item.select
     return
   end
 end
end

Thanks a lot :)

Answer 1

The select list elements have an options method that returns an array of its option elements. You could iterate over the array and compare them to the d_item.

The method could be:

def select_item_different_than d_item    
  list_items = locations_element.options
  list_items.each do |item|
    if item.text != d_item
      item.click
      return
    end
  end
end 

Note that the following changes were required:

1. The select list element is retrieved by locations_element instead of :locations.
2. The list of options is retrieved by options instead of items.
3. In the if statement item != d_item was changed to item.text != d_item. My assumption is that you want to compare the option's text and d_item is a string.
4. Option elements do not have a select method. Instead, use the click method.

Personally, I think the method might be more clear as:

def select_item_different_than d_item    
  locations_element
    .options
    .find{ |option| option.text != d_item }
    .click
end