Question: Regexp Selector

[zakrush]

Hi, guys

Can someone help me with regexp of selector?

I have this selector:
#issues-field-company_id-1923-picker-listEl where 1923 it's changed values.
How can I select element by selene library?

[yashaka]

Hey!

This question has a little for Selene to deal with.

Technically, in Selene we can do things like:

element = browser.all('.item').filtered_by(have.attribute('id').value('issues-field-company_id-1923-picker-listEl'))

And probably we can add the support of something like:

element = browser.all('.item').filtered_by(have.attribute('id').value_matched('issues-field-company_id-\d+-picker-listEl'))

Probably we should (see #401)... But his is definitely a low-priority feature, because you rarely need regex for such filtering. Reasons:

1. In most cases just "filtering by contains is enough:

element = browser.all('.item').filtered_by(have.attribute('id').value_containing('issues-field-company_id-'))

2. In many cases, for better speed of location, you would be interested in somthing like

element = browser.element('id^=issues-field-company_id'))

or

elements = browser.all('id^=issues-field-company_id'))

I recommend you using one of the options above.