.closest() in Capybara

Question

I'd like to find closest parent of an html element in cucumber. just like the .closest() function of jQuery does.

this is my (pseudo) code:

  aspect = find('.dropdown li:contains('+selector+')')
  dropdown = aspect.closest('.dropdown') #<-- the closest() function does not exist

  if not aspect.hasClass('.selected')
    dropdown.click
    sleep 1
    aspect.click
  end

can anybody tell me how to accomplish this using Capybara?

Cheers!

Manuel

Answer 1

This is not a universal solution, but if all you want to do is click the element, I would suggest using jQuery directly:

page.execute_script('$(...).closest(...).click()')

Other than that, Capybara does not have a .closest method, but in many cases, being more creative with selectors (possibly using XPath) might do the trick.