Question

I am starting with Cucumber and I am running this simple scenario:

Scenario: Creating a project
  Given I go to the new project page
  And I fill in "Name"  with "xxx"
  ...

The new project form is already in place and looks like this:

<% form_for (@project) do |f| %>
  <%= f.text_field :name %>
  ...
<% end %>

As you can see I haven’t defined a label (don’t need one). The problem is that cucumber doesn’t find the field:

Given I go to the new project page
And I fill in “Name” with “I need something” #
features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb:68
cannot fill in, no text field, text area or password field with id,
name, or label ‘Name’ found
(Capybara::ElementNotFound)

However it finds it if I add the label. I find it a little bit suspicious that it can’t match the name I gave with the appropriate text field.

What is wrong?

Thank you

Answer 1

The name of your textfield is by default:

project[name] 

Actually it follows the rule:

object[field]

You should look at your dom and check it.

Edit:

Jus FYI, It’s weird to see:

<% form_for (@project) do |f| %>

instead of:

<%= form_for (@project) do |f| %>