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Enter

Instructs an actor who has the ability to BrowseTheWeb to enter a value into a form input field.

Example widget

<form>
 <input type="text" name="example" id="example" />
</form>

Lean Page Object describing the widget

import { By, PageElement } from '@serenity-js/web'

class Form {
  static exampleInput = () =>
    PageElement.located(By.id('example'))
      .describedAs('example input')
 }

Entering the value into a form field

import { actorCalled } from '@serenity-js/core';
import { Enter } from '@serenity-js/web';

await actorCalled('Esme')
  .attemptsTo(
    Enter.theValue('Hello world!').into(Form.exampleInput()),
  )

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Hierarchy

Index

Methods

Methods

statictheValue

  • theValue(...values: Answerable<string | number | string[] | number[]>[]): { into: (field: Answerable<PageElement<any>>) => Interaction }

  • Instantiates this Interaction.

    Parameters

    • rest...values: Answerable<string | number | string[] | number[]>[]

      The text value to be entered

    Returns { into: (field: Answerable<PageElement<any>>) => Interaction }

    • into: (field: Answerable<PageElement<any>>) => Interaction

        • Parameters

          Returns Interaction

instantiationLocation

  • instantiationLocation(): FileSystemLocation

  • Returns the location where this Activity was instantiated.

    Returns FileSystemLocation

toString

  • toString(): string

  • Generates a human-friendly description to be used when reporting this Activity.

    Note: When this activity is reported, token #actor in the description will be replaced with the name of the actor performing this Activity.

    For example, #actor clicks on a button becomes Wendy clicks on a button.

    Returns string

performAs

  • performAs(actor: UsesAbilities & AnswersQuestions): Promise<void>