Cheat Sheet

Getting Started

Load the Watir library

require 'watir'

Open a browser (default: Internet Explorer)

browser = Watir::Browser.new

Open Browser at the specified URL

browser = Watir::Browser.start("http://google.com")

Go to a specified URL

browser.goto("http://amazon.com")

Close the browser

browser.close

Speed up execution
(or use the "-b" command line switch)

browser.speed = :fast

Maximize browser window

browser.maximize

Pop browser window to front

browser.bring_to_front

Text box or text area

t = browser.text_field(:name, "username")

Button

b = browser.button(:value, "Click Here")

Drop down list

d = browser.select_list(:name, "month")

Check box

c = browser.checkbox(:name, "enabled")

Radio button

r = browser.radio(:name, "payment type")

Form

f = browser.form(:name, "address")
f = browser.form(:action, "submit")

Link

l = browser.link(:url, "http://google.com")
l = browser.link(:href, "http://google.com")

Table cell in a table (2nd row, 1st column)

td = browser.table(:name, 'recent_records')[2][1]

Click a button or link

b.click
l.click

Enter text in a text box

t.set("mickey mouse")

Enter multiple lines in a multi-line text box

t.set("line 1\nline2")

Set radio button or check box

c.set
r.set

Clear an element

t.clear
c.clear
r.clear

Select an option in a drop down list

d.select "cash"
d.set "cash"

Clear a drop down list

d.clearSelection

Submit a form

f.submit

Flash any element (useful from the watir-console)

e.flash

Return the html of the page or any element

browser.html
e.html

Return the text of the page or any element

browser.text
e.text

Return the title of the document

browser.title

Get text from status bar.

browser.status
=> "Done"

Return true if the specified text appears on the page

browser.text.include? 'llama'

Return the contents of a table as an array

browser.table(:id, 'recent_records').to_a