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Protractor - get child element of an element?

I am trying to access child element of an ng-repeat element but I am having troubles doing that.
I have searched around about the problem and the solutions that I have found did not work for me. One of those solutions was to do something like this:
var parent = element(by.repeater(''));
var child = parent.element(by.....);
When I try the child line I cant see the element function on the parent element..
http://prikachi.com/images/11/8338011u.png
If you see the screenshot above you will see the structure of the code of the page that I am trying to test.
I need to access the alt attribute of the image of the avatar and get its value (thats the Username of the User).
One thing that came to my mind is to use .getInnerHTML() on the ng-repeat row which will return a string with all that code. From there I can find the alt attribute and its value with string manipulation but this seems too brute and I am sure that there has to be a better way.
Simply I want to be able to get row 4 from the repeater and get the Username of the user at row 4, that's all I wanna do actually.

Try this,
var parent = element(by.repeater('f in feed'));
var child = parent.all(by.xpath('//img[#alt="Pundeep"]')).first()
(or)
var parent = element(by.repeater('f in feed'));
var child = parent.all(by.xpath('//img[#alt="Pundeep"]')).get(0)

You can get it directly using element.all() and get() locator in protractor. Here's how -
var child = element.all(by.repeater('parent_locator')).get(3); //gets 4th element in repeater. Its a 0 based index.
child.getAttribute('alt').then(function(user){
var username = user; //username contains the alt text
});
Hope this helps.

In Protractor element documentation it gives an example like this to find child elements, which is same as chaining element find:
// Chain 2 element calls.
let child = element(by.css('.parent')).
$('.child');
expect(child.getText()).toBe('Child text\n555-123-4567');
// Chain 3 element calls.
let triple = element(by.css('.parent')).
$('.child').
element(by.binding('person.phone'));
expect(triple.getText()).toBe('555-123-4567');
// Or using the shortcut $() notation instead of element(by.css()):
// Chain 2 element calls.
let child = $('.parent').$('.child');
expect(child.getText()).toBe('Child text\n555-123-4567');
// Chain 3 element calls.
let triple = $('.parent').$('.child').
element(by.binding('person.phone'));
expect(triple.getText()).toBe('555-123-4567');
https://www.protractortest.org/#/api?view=ElementFinder.prototype.$

this example could help :
return element(by.css('select.custom-select:nth-child(1) option[value="12"]'));
you can use nth-child() selector to access to a child element.
In my example i used a plugin with 2 select with same classes and i wanted to click on a defined option in the select 1, and a second in the select 2.

How can I use Javascript to get the value of an element that was populated by a POST request?

I'm building an HTML page that receives data from another page with the below code
$arrayPosition = $_POST['arrayPosition'];
echo '<span id = "arrayPosition">'.$arrayPosition.'</span>';
I'm then trying to use javascript to get the value of the element and pass it to a function with the below code
var initialPosition = document.getElementById('arrayPosition').value;
function displayWork(position){
$("#displayArtwork").detach()
.append(holdImages[position])
.hide()
.fadeIn("fast");
}
When I alert the value of initial position to the screen it informs me that null is its value, however, when I inspect the element it looks like this
<span id="arrayPosition">4</span>
Am I making some really stupid error, or misunderstanding the way to access this posted data?
Thanks for your help!

Since arrayPosition is a span, it has no value. You can get its innerHTML:
var initialPosition = document.getElementById('arrayPosition').innerHTML;
Or using jQuery:
var initialPosition = $('#arrayPosition').text();

A span-element has no value. Only form-elements can contain the value-attribute. To get the text inside your span you can use the innerHTML-porperty:
var initialPosition = document.getElementById('arrayPosition').innerHTML;
Demo
As you are already using jQuery you can also use it's text()-function:
var initialPosition = $('#arrayPosition').text();
here you can also use:
$(document.getElementById('arrayPosition')).text();
Harder to maintain and more difficult to read but faster than the jQuery-Selector. (see here)
Demo 2
Reference
.innerHTML
.text()

jquery offset method doesn't always work / exist

Good morning and happy new year everyone!
I've run into a snag on something and need to figure out a solution or an alternative, and I don't know how to approach this. I actually hope it's something easy; meaning one of you all have dealt with this already.
The problem is that I'm doing rollovers that contain information. They're divs that get moved to the absolute location. Now I've tried this with jquery 1.6 - 1.9.1. Of course this has to work in multiple browsers.
What needs to happen is on rollover show a div, and when you rollout of that div, make it hide.
...
// .columnItem is class level and works
$(".columnItem").mouseleave(function() {
$(this).css("display", "none");
});
...
$(".column").mouseenter(function() {
var currentItem = $(this)[0]; // this is where the problem is
// hide all .columnItems
$(".columnItem").css("display", "none");
// i get this error: Object #<HTMLDivElement> has no method 'offset' (viewing in chrome console)
var offsetTop = currentItem.offset().top;
var columnInfoPanel = $("#column" + currentItem.innerText);
});
So the immediate thought of some would be don't use $(this)[0]. Instead, I should use $(this), and you are correct! Where the other problem comes into play is by removing the array index, currentItem.innerText is now undefined.
The only thing I can think of is I'll have to mix both, but it seems like there should be a way to use the selector and get both options.
What have you all done?
Thanks,
Kelly

Replace:
var currentItem = $(this)[0];
With:
var currentItem = $(this).eq(0);
This creates a new jQuery object containing only the first element, so offset will work.
Then you can use either currentItem[0].innerText or currentItem.text(), whichever you prefer.

Skip the [0] at the beginning as you are saying.
But then change the last line to:
var columnInfoPanel = $("#column" + currentItem[0].innerText);
De-referencing the jQuery selector gives you the DOM-object.
If you want to stick to pure jQuery, the .text() / .html() methods will give you the same functionality.

How do I display the value of a jQuery variable for testing?

I am working on a slider that uses jQuery. Some elements of the slider are working correctly, but there is a problem that I am trying to troubleshoot with some of the code. To test it I would like to be able to display the values of the variables in the statement.
Here is the code block I am working with:
$('.marquee_nav a.marquee_nav_item').click(function(){
$('.marquee_nav a.marquee_nav_item').removeClass('selected');
$(this).addClass('selected');
var navClicked = $(this).index();
var marqueeWidth = $('.marquee_container').width();
var distanceToMove = marqueeWidth * (-1);
var newPhotoPosition = (navClicked * distanceToMove) + 'px';
var newCaption = $('.marquee_panel_caption').get(navClicked);
$(' .marquee_photos').animate({left: newPhotoPosition}, 1000);
});
I added a div called 'test' where I would like to display the values of the variables to make sure they are returning expected results:
<div class="test"><p>The value is: <span></span></p></div>
For example, to test the values, I inserted this into the statement above:
$('.test span').append(marqueeWidth);
However, I don't get any results. What is the correct way to include a test inside that code block to make sure I am getting the expected results?
Thanks.

Just use JavaScript's console functions to log your variables within your browser's console.
var myVar = 123;
console.log(myVar, "Hello, world!");
If you're unsure how to open the console within your browser, see: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/8525/how-to-open-the-javascript-console-in-different-browsers

append is used to append either an HTML string, a DOM element, an array of DOM elements, or a jQuery element. Since you are just trying to show a number (marqueeWidth), you probably want to set the text of the span instead:
$('.test span').text(marqueeWidth);
Also, is there a particular reason why you don't just use the console? It may be worth reading over a Debugging JavaScript walkthrough.

you can use the following.
$('.test span').html(marqueeWidth);
However doing a console.log(yourvariable); or alert(yourvariable); is better.

Moving inline code into function, with object name generation

I am customizing Denis Gritcyuk's Popup date picker.
This pop-up script uses inline Javascript in a href link, to set the selected date into the input field, in the parent window, that is was called for. An example URL looks like:
<a href="javascript:window.opener.document.formname.field.value='03-10-2011';
window.close();">3</a>
The input field name, (e.g. document.formname.field), is passed to the script as a string parameter.
I would like to add things done when that link is clicked (e.g. change background color of field, set flag, etc.). So while this DOES work, it's getting ugly fast.
<a href="javascript:window.opener.document.formname.field.value='03-10-2011';
window.opener.document.formname.field.style.backgroundColor='#FFB6C1';
window.close();">3</a>
How would I move these inline commands into a JS function? This would give me much cleaner URLs and code. The URL would now look something like
3
with a function like (this example obviously does NOT work):
function updateField (str_target, str_datetime) {
var fieldName = "window.opener" + str_target;
[fieldName].value = str_datetime;
[fieldName].style.backgroundColor = '#FFB6C1';
// Set flag, etc.
window.close();
}
So any suggestions on how this can be done, please?

I'd prefer to hide the dom path tracing back from the current window back to the opener. It's appropriate to bake that into the function since the function will always be used in the context of that child popup. Then your function call is cleaner and more readable. Obviously, replace "myField" with the ID of the field you're intending to update.
3
function updateField ( str_date, str_fieldname ) {
var fieldToUpdate = document.getElementById( str_fieldname );
fieldToUpdate.value = str_date;
fieldToUpdate.style.backgroundColor = '#FFB6C1';
// Set flag, etc.
window.close();
}

You're acessing the property incorrectly. Try:
function updateField (str_target, str_datetime) {
var fieldName = window.opener;
str_target = str_target.split('.');
for (var i = 0; i < str_target.length; i++)
fieldName = fieldName[str_target[i]];
fieldName.value = str_datetime;
fieldName.style.backgroundColor = '#FFB6C1';
// Set flag, etc.
window.close();
}
The bracket notation ([]) is only used for properties of objects, not objects themselves. If you found my post helpful, please vote for it.

You can build a string and evaluate it as code using the eval function, but I would recommend against it.
There are a couple of things wrong with your code:
You cannot use the [] operator in a global context, you have to suffix it on an object, so you can say window["opener"] and this will be equivalent to window.opener, but there is no such thing as simply ["window"]
When navigating nested properties, as in window.opener.document you cannot navigate multiple levels using the [] operator. I.e. window["opener.document"] is not allowed. You must use window["opener"]["document"] instead.