Why does cypress only loop through once inside the for loop

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Why does cypress only loop through once inside the for loop?

Test code is this:

cy.get('body').contains('Automation').each(($el, index) => {
  cy.get('body').contains('Automation').parents()
    .eq(1)
    .find('mfc-dropdown > div > mfc-button > button', { timeout: 6000 })
    .first()
    .click({ force: true });
  cy.get(this.DELETE_FILE_BUTTON).click();
  cy.get('.mfc-dialog-container')
    .find(this.CONFIRM_DELETE)
    .click({ force: true });
});

How many elements with `Automation` text do you have in your webpage? — Alapan Das, Sep 09 '21 at 05:01

Michael Hines · Answer 1 · 2021-09-09T11:21:16.140

@JessefSpecialisterren has given the right reason why no looping occurs.

What can you do about it?

You can move the contains inside the get() using the :contains() pseudo-selector

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

cy.get(':contains(Automation)').each(($el, index) => {

You really want to target the element directly, not the <body> element

For example

cy.get('button:contains(Automation)').each(($el, index) => {

What about lines 2-3?

That looks dubious, I think you want

cy.get('button:contains(Automation)').each(($el, index) => {
  cy.wrap($el).parents().eq(1)
  ...

Thank you that worked!! Really appreciate it – khiz Sep 09 '21 at 15:50 — khiz, Sep 09 '21 at 15:50

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '21 at 09:17

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Because you're looping over the result of the contains command, and contains only returns the first matching element, not all matching elements. See https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/contains#Single-Element

answered Sep 09 '21 at 09:17

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 09 '21 at 18:22

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I wasn't looping through all items, but rather only looking at the first one by saying

cy.get().contains()

I needed to loop through the whole list by doing

cy.get('button:contains('Automation'))

edited Sep 09 '21 at 18:22

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answered Sep 09 '21 at 15:53

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Why does cypress only loop through once inside the for loop

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