I have encountered a challenge while attempting to write a protractor test that selects an item from a custom dropdown menu. The issue arises when trying to click on an element other than the last one in the list, as it hangs and times out. Interestingly, when I remove the click() method invocation, everything seems to function properly. Given that all these calls are made asynchronously, I am struggling to find a way to halt the loop once it locates the desired element. Here is a glimpse of my code:
var it = null;
for(var i = 1; i <= totalNumberOfAccounts; i++) {
var listItemLocator = '//div[@id="payment-accounts"]/div/ul/li[' + i + ']/label/div/div[2]/div[2]/span[2]';
var item = browser.driver.findElement(protractor.By.xpath(listItemLocator));
item.getText().then(function(value) {
if(value === accountNumber) {
it = item;
}
console.log(value);
})
.then(function clickOption() {
console.log('Clicking...');
if (it) {
console.log('Clicking desired item');
it.click();
console.log('Clicked..');
}
})
}
Additionally, I experimented with another approach:
this.selectRichSelectOption = function (selector, item) {
var selectList = browser.driver.findElement(selector);
selectList.click();
var desiredOption = '';
var i = 1;
selectList.findElements(protractor.By.tagName('li'))
.then(function findMatchingOption(options) {
console.log(options);
options.some(function (option) {
console.log('Option:');
console.log(option);
var listItemLocator = '//div[@id="payment-accounts"]/div/ul/li[' + i + ']/label/div/div[2]/div[2]/span[2]';
console.log(listItemLocator);
var element = option.findElement(protractor.By.xpath('//label/div/div[2]/div[2]/span[2]'));
console.log('Element:');
console.log(element);
i++;
element.getText().then(function (value) {
console.log('Value: ' + value);
console.log('Item:');
console.log(item);
if (item === value) {
console.log('Found option..');
desiredOption = option;
return true;
}
return false;
});
});
})
.then(function clickOption() {
console.log('Click option');
console.log(desiredOption);
if (desiredOption) {
console.log('About to click..');
desiredOption.click();
}
});
};
However, this new approach yielded even stranger results. Suddenly, the getText() method call returns an empty string. Yet, fetching attributes such as class returns the correct value. Where did the text value disappear to?
If anyone has insight or solutions, please assist me.