Difference between element click and submit

[angshu]

Hi, I want to know how Webdriver deals with a button's click/submit
events. When should we call element's submit or click?

e.g. consider the following test
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org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver driver = new
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://net.tutsplus.com/demos/contactform/");
driver.findElement(By.id("name")).sendKeys("test");
driver.findElement(By.id("email")).sendKeys("te...@gmail.com");
driver.findElement(By.id("phone")).sendKeys("098765432");
driver.findElement(By.id("submit_btn")).submit();
junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue(browser.findElement(By.id("checkmark")).isDisplayed());
*****************************************
If I would change, the element.submit() to click() in the 6th line
above, the test passes. Calling submit() doesnt seem to work.
What does webdriver do in the background?
Does it call element's form.submit() method? What would be the effect
if I enter on an <input> to trigger the default form submit action?

[Jeff]

submit() is for forms, click() is for buttons.

 

driver.findElement(By.tagName("form")).submit();

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[Luke Inman-Semerau]

It also submits the form on any form element (input, textarea, select) -

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input#username")).submit();

[angshu]

Hi, thanks for you replies.
I do know that submit() can be invoked on the form. Or if a form has a
default submit then "enter" would submit the underlying form.
Like on a web page, if I have multiple forms and each submits to
different URLs, then "enter" on individual elements (like input) would
submit the element's parent form.

However, I was wondering how WebDriver deals with such
WebElement.submit() calls.
Does it introspect on the element it is called and then calls the
parentForm.submit()?

Why I ask is that, on some browsers button.submit() works perfectly
for the example URL I posted.
e.g. With IE9, Win7, Se 2.0.1.0 the same script with button.submit()
works.
on FF3.6, FF5, Max OSX, Se 2.0 it doesn't.
regards
~angshu

On Jul 20, 2:29 am, Luke Inman-Semerau <luke.seme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It also submits the form on any form element (input, textarea, select) -
>
> driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input#username")).submit();
>
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> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > submit() is for forms, click() is for buttons.
>
> > driver.findElement(By.tagName("form")).submit();
>

> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:22 AM, angshu <angshuonl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Hi, I want to know how Webdriver deals with a button's click/submit
> >> events. When should we call element's submit or click?
>
> >> e.g. consider the following test
> >> *****************************************
> >> org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver driver = new
> >> org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver();
> >> driver.get("http://net.tutsplus.com/demos/contactform/");
> >> driver.findElement(By.id("name")).sendKeys("test");

> >> driver.findElement(By.id("email")).sendKeys("t...@gmail.com");

> >> driver.findElement(By.id("phone")).sendKeys("098765432");
> >> driver.findElement(By.id("submit_btn")).submit();
>
> >> junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue(browser.findElement(By.id("checkmark")).isDisplayed());
> >> *****************************************
> >> If I would change, the element.submit() to click() in the 6th line
> >> above, the test passes. Calling submit() doesnt seem to work.
> >> What does webdriver do in the background?
> >> Does it call element's form.submit() method? What would be the effect
> >> if I enter on an <input> to trigger the default form submit action?
>
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[Luke Inman-Semerau]

Yes, submit finds the element's parent form and submit's it.

If this is not working for you, please provide a reproducible test case with all relevant version numbers and enter it in the issues list:
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/list

-Luke