Re: [Htmlunit-user] accessing dynamic values set in and by javascript

[Brad C. <yo...@br...>]

#1 should work. In order to figure out why it doesn't in your case we will need a
failing example (the smaller the better).

#2 is possible but highly discouraged and completely unsupported. You can find an
example somewhere in the mailing list archives if you want to do this.

Brad C

--- bd...@kn... wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I started using HtmlUnit a couple of weeks ago, and I've generated quite a 
> complex suite of tests (using HtmlUnit 1.6), and I think that HtmlUnit is 
> really an excellent piece of work. However, I have a couple of problems.
> 
> 1) accessing any html element that is dynamically composed by javascript 
> does not work for me e.g. 
> a) the contents of a table that is composed in the browser (I'm referring 
> to textual values inside the table data elements, not to input elements 
> inside the table data elements);
> b) fields that have their value set dynamically when the page has loaded 
> (the values are in the fields, but HtmlUnit tests see the field as empty).
> 
> In both these cases, the javascript is executing in the page body, not in 
> the header (if that is significant).  Please let me know if I should not 
> expect a) and b) to work - from what I have read in the docs, and in this 
> mailing list, it certainly seems that a) should be working.
> 
> 2) I would also like to be able to access the values of Javascript 
> variables - certain parts of my site are personalised by javascript which 
> is composed on the fly, depending on a user's history and preferences.  It 
> would be great if I could actually test the values of javascript variables 
> in my unit tests, and even execute javascript functions.  I realise that 
> in the absence of this, I could do some of these tests if 1)b) above 
> worked.
> 
> 
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