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General use steps definitions.
| Copyright: | 2012 David Monllaó |
| License: | http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later |
| File Size: | 2315 lines (97 kb) |
| Included or required: | 1 time |
| Referenced: | 0 times |
| Includes or requires: | 1 file lib/behat/behat_base.php |
Defines 1 class
behat_general:: (88 methods):
i_am_on_homepage()
i_am_on_site_homepage()
i_am_on_course_index()
reload()
i_wait_to_be_redirected()
switch_to_iframe()
switch_to_second_window()
switch_to_the_main_frame()
switch_to_window()
switch_to_the_main_window()
i_close_all_opened_windows()
accept_currently_displayed_alert_dialog()
dismiss_currently_displayed_alert_dialog()
click_link()
i_wait_seconds()
wait_until_the_page_is_ready()
wait_until_exists()
wait_until_does_not_exists()
i_hover()
i_hover_in_the()
i_click_on()
i_take_focus_off_field()
i_click_on_confirming_the_dialogue()
i_click_on_dismissing_the_dialogue()
i_click_on_in_the()
i_drag_and_i_drop_it_in()
should_be_visible()
should_not_be_visible()
in_the_should_be_visible()
in_the_should_not_be_visible()
assert_page_contains_text()
assert_page_not_contains_text()
assert_element_contains_text()
assert_element_not_contains_text()
should_appear_before()
should_appear_after()
check_element_order()
the_element_should_be_disabled()
the_element_should_be_enabled()
the_element_should_be_readonly()
the_element_should_not_be_readonly()
should_exist()
should_not_exist()
edit_mode_should_be_available()
is_edit_mode_available()
i_trigger_cron()
i_run_the_scheduled_task()
i_run_all_adhoc_tasks()
should_exist_in_the()
should_not_exist_in_the()
i_change_window_size_to()
the_attribute_of_should_be_set()
the_attribute_of_should_contain()
the_attribute_of_should_not_contain()
row_column_of_table_should_contain()
row_column_of_table_should_not_contain()
following_should_exist_in_the_table()
following_should_not_exist_in_the_table()
download_file_from_link()
following_should_download_bytes()
following_should_download_between_and_bytes()
the_image_at_should_be_identical_to()
i_start_watching_to_see_if_a_new_page_loads()
a_new_page_should_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching()
a_new_page_should_not_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching()
get_page_load_xpath()
i_pause_scenario_execution()
i_press_in_the_browser()
i_type()
i_press_named_key()
i_press_key_in_element()
i_post_tab_key_in_element()
database_family_used_is_one_of_the_following()
plugin_is_installed()
the_focused_element_is()
the_focused_element_is_in_the()
i_manually_press_tab()
i_click_on_skipping_visibility_check()
i_should_see_occurrences_of_in_element()
i_manually_press_enter()
i_visit()
i_mark_this_test_as_long_running()
i_click_on_the_dynamic_tab()
i_enable_plugin()
the_default_editor_is_set_to()
the_site_is_running_moodle_version_or_higher()
the_site_is_running_moodle_version_or_lower()
the_page_title_should_contain()
Class: behat_general - X-Ref
Cross component steps definitions.Basic web application definitions from MinkExtension and
BehatchExtension. Definitions modified according to our needs
when necessary and including only the ones we need to avoid
overlapping and confusion.
| i_am_on_homepage() X-Ref |
| Opens Moodle homepage. |
| i_am_on_site_homepage() X-Ref |
| Opens Moodle site homepage. |
| i_am_on_course_index() X-Ref |
| Opens course index page. |
| reload() X-Ref |
| Reloads the current page. |
| i_wait_to_be_redirected() X-Ref |
| Follows the page redirection. Use this step after any action that shows a message and waits for a redirection |
| switch_to_iframe($name) X-Ref |
| Switches to the specified iframe. param: string $name The name of the iframe |
| switch_to_second_window() X-Ref |
| No description |
| switch_to_the_main_frame() X-Ref |
| Switches to the main Moodle frame. |
| switch_to_window($windowname) X-Ref |
| Switches to the specified window. Useful when interacting with popup windows. param: string $windowname |
| switch_to_the_main_window() X-Ref |
| Switches to the main Moodle window. Useful when you finish interacting with popup windows. |
| i_close_all_opened_windows() X-Ref |
| Closes all extra windows opened during the navigation. This assumes all popups are opened by the main tab and you will now get back. |
| accept_currently_displayed_alert_dialog() X-Ref |
| Accepts the currently displayed alert dialog. This step does not work in all the browsers, consider it experimental. |
| dismiss_currently_displayed_alert_dialog() X-Ref |
| Dismisses the currently displayed alert dialog. This step does not work in all the browsers, consider it experimental. |
| click_link($link) X-Ref |
| Clicks link with specified id|title|alt|text. param: string $link |
| i_wait_seconds($seconds) X-Ref |
| Waits X seconds. Required after an action that requires data from an AJAX request. param: int $seconds |
| wait_until_the_page_is_ready() X-Ref |
| Waits until the page is completely loaded. This step is auto-executed after every step. |
| wait_until_exists($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Waits until the provided element selector exists in the DOM Using the protected method as this method will be usually called by other methods which are not returning a set of steps and performs the actions directly, so it would not be executed if it returns another step. return: void param: string $element param: string $selector |
| wait_until_does_not_exists($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Waits until the provided element does not exist in the DOM Using the protected method as this method will be usually called by other methods which are not returning a set of steps and performs the actions directly, so it would not be executed if it returns another step. return: void param: string $element param: string $selector |
| i_hover($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Generic mouse over action. Mouse over a element of the specified type. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_hover_in_the(string $element, $selectortype, string $containerelement, $containerselectortype) X-Ref |
| Generic mouse over action. Mouse over a element of the specified type. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for param: string $containerelement Element we look for param: string $containerselectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_click_on($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Generic click action. Click on the element of the specified type. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_take_focus_off_field($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Sets the focus and takes away the focus from an element, generating blur JS event. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_click_on_confirming_the_dialogue($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Clicks the specified element and confirms the expected dialogue. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_click_on_dismissing_the_dialogue($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Clicks the specified element and dismissing the expected dialogue. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_click_on_in_the($element, $selectortype, $nodeelement, $nodeselectortype) X-Ref |
| Click on the element of the specified type which is located inside the second element. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for param: string $nodeelement Element we look in param: string $nodeselectortype The type of selector where we look in |
| i_drag_and_i_drop_it_in($source, $sourcetype, $target, $targettype) X-Ref |
| Drags and drops the specified element to the specified container. This step does not work in all the browsers, consider it experimental. The steps definitions calling this step as part of them should manage the wait times by themselves as the times and when the waits should be done depends on what is being dragged & dropper. param: string $element param: string $selectortype param: string $containerelement param: string $containerselectortype |
| should_be_visible($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the specified element is visible. Only available in tests using Javascript. return: void param: string $element param: string $selectortype |
| should_not_be_visible($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the existing element is not visible. Only available in tests using Javascript. As a "not" method, it's performance could not be good, but in this case the performance is good because the element must exist, otherwise there would be a ElementNotFoundException, also here we are not spinning until the element is visible. return: void param: string $element param: string $selectortype |
| in_the_should_be_visible($element, $selectortype, $nodeelement, $nodeselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the specified element is visible inside the specified container. Only available in tests using Javascript. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for param: string $nodeelement Element we look in param: string $nodeselectortype The type of selector where we look in |
| in_the_should_not_be_visible($element, $selectortype, $nodeelement, $nodeselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the existing element is not visible inside the existing container. Only available in tests using Javascript. As a "not" method, it's performance could not be good, but in this case the performance is good because the element must exist, otherwise there would be a ElementNotFoundException, also here we are not spinning until the element is visible. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for param: string $nodeelement Element we look in param: string $nodeselectortype The type of selector where we look in |
| assert_page_contains_text($text) X-Ref |
| Checks, that page contains specified text. It also checks if the text is visible when running Javascript tests. param: string $text |
| assert_page_not_contains_text($text) X-Ref |
| No description |
| assert_element_contains_text($text, $element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| No description |
| assert_element_not_contains_text($text, $element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| No description |
| should_appear_before(string $preelement,string $preselectortype,string $postelement,string $postselectortype,?string $containerelement = null,?string $containerselectortype = null) X-Ref |
| No description |
| should_appear_after(string $postelement,string $postselectortype,string $preelement,string $preselectortype,?string $containerelement = null,?string $containerselectortype = null) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the first specified element appears after the second one. param: string $postelement The locator of the latest element param: string $postselectortype The selector type of the latest element param: string $preelement The locator of the preceding element param: string $preselectortype The selector type of the preceding element param: string $containerelement param: string $containerselectortype |
| check_element_order(?string $containerelement,?string $containerselectortype,string $preelement,string $preselectortype,string $postelement,string $postselectortype,string $msg) X-Ref |
| Shared code to check whether an element is before or after another one. param: string $containerelement param: string $containerselectortype param: string $preelement The locator of the preceding element param: string $preselectortype The locator of the preceding element param: string $postelement The locator of the following element param: string $postselectortype The selector type of the following element param: string $msg Message to output if this fails |
| the_element_should_be_disabled($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that element of specified type is disabled. param: string $element Element we look in param: string $selectortype The type of element where we are looking in. |
| the_element_should_be_enabled($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that element of specified type is enabled. param: string $element Element we look on param: string $selectortype The type of where we look |
| the_element_should_be_readonly($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks the provided element and selector type are readonly on the current page. param: string $element Element we look in param: string $selectortype The type of element where we are looking in. |
| the_element_should_not_be_readonly($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks the provided element and selector type are not readonly on the current page. param: string $element Element we look in param: string $selectortype The type of element where we are looking in. |
| should_exist($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks the provided element and selector type exists in the current page. This step is for advanced users, use it if you don't find anything else suitable for what you need. param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type |
| should_not_exist($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks that the provided element and selector type not exists in the current page. This step is for advanced users, use it if you don't find anything else suitable for what you need. param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type |
| edit_mode_should_be_available(bool $not = false) X-Ref |
| Ensure that edit mode is (not) available on the current page. param: bool $not |
| is_edit_mode_available() X-Ref |
| Check whether edit mode is available on the current page. return: bool |
| i_trigger_cron() X-Ref |
| This step triggers cron like a user would do going to admin/cron.php. |
| i_run_the_scheduled_task($taskname) X-Ref |
| Runs a scheduled task immediately, given full class name. This is faster and more reliable than running cron (running cron won't work more than once in the same test, for instance). However it is a little less 'realistic'. While the task is running, we suppress mtrace output because it makes the Behat result look ugly. Note: Most of the code relating to running a task is based on admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php. param: string $taskname Name of task e.g. 'mod_whatever\task\do_something' |
| i_run_all_adhoc_tasks() X-Ref |
| Runs all ad-hoc tasks in the queue. This is faster and more reliable than running cron (running cron won't work more than once in the same test, for instance). However it is a little less 'realistic'. While the task is running, we suppress mtrace output because it makes the Behat result look ugly. |
| should_exist_in_the($element, $selectortype, $containerelement, $containerselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks that an element and selector type exists in another element and selector type on the current page. This step is for advanced users, use it if you don't find anything else suitable for what you need. param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type param: NodeElement|string $containerelement The locator of the container selector param: string $containerselectortype The container selector type |
| should_not_exist_in_the($element, $selectortype, $containerelement, $containerselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks that an element and selector type does not exist in another element and selector type on the current page. This step is for advanced users, use it if you don't find anything else suitable for what you need. param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type param: NodeElement|string $containerelement The locator of the container selector param: string $containerselectortype The container selector type |
| i_change_window_size_to($windowviewport, $windowsize) X-Ref |
| Change browser window size Allowed sizes: - mobile: 425x750 - tablet: 768x1024 - small: 1024x768 - medium: 1366x768 - large: 2560x1600 - custom: widthxheight Example: I change window size to "small" or I change window size to "1024x768" or I change viewport size to "800x600". The viewport option is useful to guarantee that the browser window has same viewport size even when you run Behat on multiple operating systems. param: string $windowsize size of the window (mobile|tablet|small|medium|large|wxh). |
| the_attribute_of_should_be_set($attribute, $element, $selectortype, $not = null) X-Ref |
| Checks whether there the specified attribute is set or not. param: string $attribute Name of attribute param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type param: string $not |
| the_attribute_of_should_contain($attribute, $element, $selectortype, $text) X-Ref |
| Checks whether there is an attribute on the given element that contains the specified text. param: string $attribute Name of attribute param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type param: string $text Expected substring |
| the_attribute_of_should_not_contain($attribute, $element, $selectortype, $text) X-Ref |
| Checks that the attribute on the given element does not contain the specified text. param: string $attribute Name of attribute param: string $element The locator of the specified selector param: string $selectortype The selector type param: string $text Expected substring |
| row_column_of_table_should_contain($row, $column, $table, $value) X-Ref |
| Checks the provided value exists in specific row/column of table. param: string $row row text which will be looked in. param: string $column column text to search (or numeric value for the column position) param: string $table table id/class/caption param: string $value text to check. |
| row_column_of_table_should_not_contain($row, $column, $table, $value) X-Ref |
| Checks the provided value should not exist in specific row/column of table. param: string $row row text which will be looked in. param: string $column column text to search param: string $table table id/class/caption param: string $value text to check. |
| following_should_exist_in_the_table($table, TableNode $data) X-Ref |
| Checks that the provided value exist in table. First row may contain column headers or numeric indexes of the columns (syntax -1- is also considered to be column index). Column indexes are useful in case of multirow headers and/or presence of cells with colspan. param: string $table name of table param: TableNode $data table with first row as header and following values |
| following_should_not_exist_in_the_table($table, TableNode $data) X-Ref |
| Checks that the provided values do not exist in a table. param: string $table name of table param: TableNode $data table with first row as header and following values |
| download_file_from_link($link) X-Ref |
| Given the text of a link, download the linked file and return the contents. This is a helper method used by {@link following_should_download_bytes()} and {@link following_should_download_between_and_bytes()} return: string the content of the downloaded file. param: string $link the text of the link. |
| following_should_download_bytes($link, $expectedsize) X-Ref |
| Downloads the file from a link on the page and checks the size. Only works if the link has an href attribute. Javascript downloads are not supported. Currently, the href must be an absolute URL. param: string $link the text of the link. param: number $expectedsize the expected file size in bytes. |
| following_should_download_between_and_bytes($link, $minexpectedsize, $maxexpectedsize) X-Ref |
| No description |
| the_image_at_should_be_identical_to($element, $selectortype, $filepath) X-Ref |
| No description |
| i_start_watching_to_see_if_a_new_page_loads() X-Ref |
| Prepare to detect whether or not a new page has loaded (or the same page reloaded) some time in the future. |
| a_new_page_should_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching() X-Ref |
| Verify that a new page has loaded (or the same page has reloaded) since the last "I start watching to see if a new page loads" step. |
| a_new_page_should_not_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching() X-Ref |
| Verify that a new page has not loaded (or the same page has reloaded) since the last "I start watching to see if a new page loads" step. |
| get_page_load_xpath() X-Ref |
| Helper used by {@link a_new_page_should_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching} and {@link a_new_page_should_not_have_loaded_since_i_started_watching} return: string xpath expression. |
| i_pause_scenario_execution() X-Ref |
| Wait unit user press Enter/Return key. Useful when debugging a scenario. |
| i_press_in_the_browser($button) X-Ref |
| Presses a given button in the browser. NOTE: Phantomjs and goutte driver reloads page while navigating back and forward. param: string $button the button to press. |
| i_type(string $keys) X-Ref |
| Send key presses to the browser without first changing focusing, or applying the key presses to a specific element. Example usage of this step: When I type "Penguin" param: string $keys The key, or list of keys, to type |
| i_press_named_key(string $modifiers, string $key) X-Ref |
| Press a named or character key with an optional set of modifiers. Supported named keys are: - up - down - left - right - pageup|page_up - pagedown|page_down - home - end - insert - delete - backspace - escape - enter - tab You can also use a single character for the key name e.g. 'Ctrl C'. Supported moderators are: - shift - ctrl - alt - meta Example usage of this new step: When I press the up key When I press the space key When I press the shift tab key Multiple moderator keys can be combined using the '+' operator, for example: When I press the ctrl+shift enter key When I press the ctrl + shift enter key param: string $modifiers A list of keyboard modifiers, separated by the `+` character param: string $key The name of the key to press |
| i_press_key_in_element($key, $element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Trigger a keydown event for a key on a specific element. param: string $key either char-code or character itself, param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| i_post_tab_key_in_element($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Press tab key on a specific element. param: string $element Element we look for param: string $selectortype The type of what we look for |
| database_family_used_is_one_of_the_following(TableNode $databasefamilies) X-Ref |
| Checks if database family used is using one of the specified, else skip. (mysql, postgres, mssql, oracle, etc.) return: void. param: TableNode $databasefamilies list of database. |
| plugin_is_installed(string $plugin) X-Ref |
| Checks if given plugin is installed, and skips the current scenario if not. param: string $plugin frankenstyle plugin name, e.g. 'filter_embedquestion'. |
| the_focused_element_is($not, $nodeelement, $nodeselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks focus is with the given element. param: string $not optional step verifier param: string $nodeelement Element identifier param: string $nodeselectortype Element type |
| the_focused_element_is_in_the($not, $element, $selectortype, $nodeelement, $nodeselectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks focus is with the given element. param: string $not string optional step verifier param: string $element Element identifier param: string $selectortype Element type param: string $nodeelement Element we look in param: string $nodeselectortype The type of selector where we look in |
| i_manually_press_tab($shift = '') X-Ref |
| Manually press tab key. param: string $shift string optional step verifier |
| i_click_on_skipping_visibility_check($element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Trigger click on node via javascript instead of actually clicking on it via pointer. This function resolves the issue of nested elements. param: string $element param: string $selectortype |
| i_should_see_occurrences_of_in_element($elementscount, $text, $element, $selectortype) X-Ref |
| Checks, that the specified element contains the specified text a certain amount of times. When running Javascript tests it also considers that texts may be hidden. param: int $elementscount How many occurrences of the element we look for. param: string $text param: string $element Element we look in. param: string $selectortype The type of element where we are looking in. |
| i_manually_press_enter() X-Ref |
| Manually press enter key. |
| i_visit($localurl) X-Ref |
| Visit a local URL relative to the behat root. param: string|moodle_url $localurl The URL relative to the behat_wwwroot to visit. |
| i_mark_this_test_as_long_running(int $factor = 2) X-Ref |
| Increase the webdriver timeouts. This should be reset between scenarios, or can be called again to decrease the timeouts. |
| i_click_on_the_dynamic_tab(string $tabname) X-Ref |
| Click on a dynamic tab to load its content param: string $tabname |
| i_enable_plugin($plugin, $plugintype) X-Ref |
| Enable an specific plugin. param: string $plugin Plugin we look for param: string $plugintype The type of the plugin |
| the_default_editor_is_set_to(string $editor) X-Ref |
| Set the default text editor to the named text editor. param: string $editor |
| the_site_is_running_moodle_version_or_higher(string $minversion) X-Ref |
| Allow to check for minimal Moodle version. param: string $minversion The minimum version of Moodle required (inclusive). |
| the_site_is_running_moodle_version_or_lower(string $maxversion) X-Ref |
| Allow to check for maximum Moodle version. param: string $maxversion The maximum version of Moodle required (inclusive). |
| the_page_title_should_contain(string $title) X-Ref |
| Check that the page title contains a given string. param: string $title The string that should be present on the page title. |
