Use function for dynamic val with a type: action?

[jflowers45]

I've had success doing waitForComponentQuery with a function value as follows.

{ waitForCQ: 
function() { return "mycomponent[title^=Edit id - " + some_id_calculated_earlier + "]"}, 
desc: "Verify Editor Opened to appropriate record" 
}

I confirmed this was a supported approach in this thread - viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9162

I'd like to do the same thing with a type: action. It would be something like this:

{ type: function()  { return some_string_calculated_earlier;},  target: "#filters menu > :nth-child(4) => .x-form-text" },

I'm not getting the results I expect. Instead, it actually writes the function body into the text field. I can work around it like this, but it's more verbose than I'd like.

function(next) {
        var els = this.compositeQuery('#filters menu > :nth-child(4) => .x-form-text');
        if (els.length > 0) {
          var txtField = els[0];
          txtField.value = some_string_calculated_earlier;
          next();
        }
 },

Is there a good compact syntax I can use? Thanks!

-Joe

[nickolay]

In "type" action, returning value from function supported only for "target" property, not for the text being typed. You could just use "t.type()" method as well (wrapped in the function step).

[jflowers45]

perfect! thanks for your prompt response. this worked like a charm

function(next) {
        t.type('#filters menu > :nth-child(4) => .x-form-text',  some_string_calculated_earlier );
        next();
      },

[nickolay]

Yw! Small note - the "next" callback here is better to provided to `type` method (otherwise chain will continue immediately, while typing is still in process)

[jflowers45]

Thank you for pointing that out, it would have tripped me up! I've updated it to be

function(next) {  //type in the ID
	t.type( '#filters menu > :nth-child(4) => .x-form-text', some_string_calculated_earlier, function() {
	  next();
	});
}