Multiple choice selection using RC

Hello,

I have a table with number of columns. First column has check boxes for each row, second column has the name of the item(unique). I wanted to select/deselect the check box by pointing to the name of the item where the items name can be static as well as dynamic. Assume I know the name of the item. Please let me know how to achieve this ?
Thanks

I have got a solution for this issue.
You searching all items in the table in 'for' loop and find the item which you want to select. You can use 'if' statement. When you find the item, you will have a row number and could select / unselect checkbox.

Code:

for ($i = 1; $i <= $this->getXpathCount("//table/tbody/tr"); $i++) {
    if ($this->getText("//table/tbody/tr[$i]/td[2]") == $nameOfItemYouWantToSelect) {
        $this->click("//table/tbody/tr[$i]/td[1]/input[@type='checkbox']");
    }
}

Thanks. Was sometime into Web Driver and today I tried this solution you gave. I am not able to find the element using this XPATH. I tried both with absolute as well as relative path but failed to identify the text associated with it.

Any idea on this kind of problem ?

Did you try with the other xPath? You can check it using xPath Checker (Firefox plugin).

Yeah I recently added that XPath plugin to my browser and it's really helpful.

Please find the XPath values for the elements I have,

The XPath for the checkbox of the row-1:column-1,

Code:

html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div[2]/div[2]/div/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/div/div/input

The XPath of the cell having the unique text of row-1:column-2,

Code:

html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div[2]/div[2]/div/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div


Tried,

Code:


for(int i=1; i<=(Integer)selenium.getXpathCount("//html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/table/tbody/tr"); i++) {
            if(selenium.getText("//html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/table/tbody/tr["+i+"]/td[2]").equalsIgnoreCase("<matching-text>")) {
                selenium.click("//html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[4]/div[4]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/table/tbody/tr["+i+"]/td[1]/div/div/input[@type='checkbox']");
               
            }
        }


Thanks a lot. Finally I got it working.

But my scenario is like I have number of frames added to my web page. The frames location differ based on which is opened first. And because of this the xpath differs for different scenarios.

Any idea on how we can handle this xpath varying scenario please ?