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Instance Public methods

fill_in_rich_text_area(locator = nil, with:, **)

Alias for: fill_in_rich_textarea.

fill_in_rich_textarea(locator = nil, with:, **)

Locates a Trix editor and fills it in with the given HTML.

The editor can be found by:

  • its id

  • its placeholder

  • the text from its label element

  • its aria-label

  • the name of its input

Additional options are forwarded to Capybara as filters

Examples:

# <trix-editor id="message_content" ...></trix-editor>
fill_in_rich_textarea "message_content", with: "Hello <em>world!</em>"

# <trix-editor placeholder="Your message here" ...></trix-editor>
fill_in_rich_textarea "Your message here", with: "Hello <em>world!</em>"

# <label for="message_content">Message content</label>
# <trix-editor id="message_content" ...></trix-editor>
fill_in_rich_textarea "Message content", with: "Hello <em>world!</em>"

# <trix-editor aria-label="Message content" ...></trix-editor>
fill_in_rich_textarea "Message content", with: "Hello <em>world!</em>"

# <input id="trix_input_1" name="message[content]" type="hidden">
# <trix-editor input="trix_input_1"></trix-editor>
fill_in_rich_textarea "message[content]", with: "Hello <em>world!</em>"

Also aliased as: fill_in_rich_text_area.

📝 Source code 
# File actiontext/lib/action_text/system_test_helper.rb, line 37
def fill_in_rich_textarea(locator = nil, with:, **)
  find(:rich_textarea, locator, **).execute_script(<<~JS, with.to_s)
    if ("value" in this) {
      this.value = arguments[0]
    } else {
      this.editor.loadHTML(arguments[0])
    }
  JS
end
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