How can I select the 6th option in the list?

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<div id="suggestionlist">
<ol id="suggestionroot">
<li id="sugg_1">
<li id="sugg_2">
<li id="sugg_3">
<li id="sugg_4">
<li id="sugg_5">
<li id="sugg_6">
<li id="sugg_7">
<li id="sugg_8">
<li id="sugg_9">
<li id="sugg_10">

I have a search look ahead feature which I'm trying to automate. I'm trying to pick the 6th option in the list every time but I just can't seem to locate it! This is the nearest I've got but it's not working..

@Browser.div(:id, "suggestionlist").link(:index, 6).click

`@Browser` for a variable name in Ruby? Really?! You should do some reading on Ruby too. — Željko Filipin, Nov 10 '11 at 08:52
To even out for all the criticism, this is a good question. You have provided everything I needed to answer. — Željko Filipin, Nov 10 '11 at 08:54
I am sorry if I was rude. I said it is a good question. I have noticed that you do not have enough HTML and Ruby knowledge. If you need recommendations on what to read, please let me know. — Željko Filipin, Nov 10 '11 at 09:10
Thanks I'd appreciate that.. I'm fairly new to automation and have had no training, just learning as I go along — Lisa Leanne Crowe, Nov 10 '11 at 09:15
To start with Watir read my book: https://github.com/zeljkofilipin/watirbook/downloads — Željko Filipin, Nov 10 '11 at 09:30
btw, the comments to the answers below would seem to indicate there's more to the HTML than you are showing us (e.g. links inside those list items). It would also be helpful to know what version of Watir you are using — Chuck van der Linden, Nov 10 '11 at 20:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 19 '13 at 10:27

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You should do some reading about HTML. <li> tag is not link, <a> tag is link.

So, to click <li id="sugg_6"> try this:

browser.li(:id => "sugg_6").click

To click a link inside the list item (not shown in your HTML but referenced in comments)

browser.li(:id => "sugg_6").link.click

(that presumes you want to click the first/only link inside the LI, otherwise you might need to specify an index value)

edited Jul 19 '13 at 10:27

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 08:51

Željko Filipin

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*not working* is not enough data. What did or did not happen? What did you expect to happen? Maybe all you need to do is fire a javascript event: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3787555/how-to-find-out-which-javascript-events-fired – Željko Filipin Nov 10 '11 at 09:07
I've fired the event: @Browser.text_field(:name, "searchTerms").fire_event('onkeydown') – Lisa Leanne Crowe Nov 10 '11 at 09:15
It just skips past that line and continues with the rest of the test, I want it to click the 6th suggestion – Lisa Leanne Crowe Nov 10 '11 at 09:16
Maybe you need to fire some other event. Take a look at the question I have linked in my previous comment. Can you talk to a developer of the site? They will probably know what needs to happen to click the list item. – Željko Filipin Nov 10 '11 at 09:28
Sorted it! @Browser.div(:id, "suggestionlist").li(:index, 7).link(:index, 1).click – Lisa Leanne Crowe Nov 10 '11 at 09:44
If your LI items have unique (and predictable) ID values you can skip specifying the div that contains them. If you are using Watir 2.x or Watir-webdriver, you don't need to specify the index of the link if what you want is the first one within the list item. – Chuck van der Linden Nov 10 '11 at 20:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:42

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Did you try to access this element by XPath?

browser.find_elements_by_xpath("div[@id='suggestionlist'/li[6]").click

answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:42

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How can I select the 6th option in the list?

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