How do I find the first checkbox in Capybara?

Question

I'd like to find the first instance of a checkbox using the capybara dsl. Anyone know how to do that?

I thought perhaps it'd be this, but it didn't work:

find('input:first', :type => 'checkbox')

Answer 1

Assuming Capybara.default_selector is set to CSS then:

find("input[type='checkbox']")

If you're using XPath it will be different.

Update (June 2013): as @tmg points out, the behaviour for Capybara 2 has changed.

Answer 2

Just to point out tmg's right way to find the first checkbox

first("input[type='checkbox']")

If you want to find n-th checkbox (25-th for example):

find(:xpath, "(//input[@type='checkbox'])[25]")

But it's often better to use within to narrow your searching area

within 'div.div_class' do
  find("input[type='checkbox']")
end

Answer 3

The least flaky way to find the first checkbox could be:

find("input[type='checkbox']", match: :first)