Capybara: How do I fill in a input field by its ID

Question

I have this:

<input class="string optional" 
    id="course_group_courses_attributes_2_name" 
    name="course_group[courses_attributes][2][name]" 
    placeholder="Lengua" 
    size="15" 
    type="text" />
</div>

How do I fill in a that field by its ID?

score 136 · Accepted Answer · edited May 05 '17 at 07:33

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fill_in accepts the id as first parameter:

fill_in 'course_group_courses_attributes_2_name', :with => 'some text'

edited May 05 '17 at 07:33

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answered Jan 21 '11 at 04:15

raidfive

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I thought so, but It is not working. It seems that it doesn't fill it. It doesn't give any errors about not finding it. It just doesn't fill it. – Nerian Jan 21 '11 at 13:00
Maybe you can include the capybara code in question and any other related code. – raidfive Jan 21 '11 at 17:40
I discovered that the problem where in Mongoid. Release candidates bugs. – Nerian Jan 24 '11 at 23:35
@Nerian ah! glad you figured it out – raidfive Jan 25 '11 at 00:31
have we got the solution? – Zakos May 27 '15 at 14:59
@raidfive what should be the name for describe? like describe User do or something else ? – user1735921 Sep 02 '15 at 11:55

user2322409 · Answer 2 · 2014-11-26T06:09:56.903

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You can also do it with:

find('Id or class here').set('some text')

edited Nov 26 '14 at 06:09

answered Jun 30 '14 at 07:33

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score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 18 '15 at 18:47

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fill_in accepts id without the # symbol which I found confusing at first. Also note that if your input field is in a modal, you may need to wait for the transition or fade in before the field can be filled in.

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moeabdol · Answer 4 · 2015-08-18T22:41:40.500

If you're using simple_form gem then you must note that it does automatically id your form elements, hence manually id-ing elements yourself is futile!

There is; however, a naming convention that simple_form follows to id form elements.

object_attribute

So if you're filling-in information for let's say a contact object as follows:

= simple_form_for @contact do |f|
  = f.input :first_name
  = f.input :last_name

simple_form will then automatically generate ids to each form element respectively as so:

id="contact_first_name"
id="contact_last_name"

Now you can simply make use of this naming convention to fulfill all your fill_in needs. Hope this helps.

Capybara: How do I fill in a input field by its ID

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