Class: WWW::Mechanize::Option

This class contains option an option found within SelectList. A SelectList can have many Option classes associated with it. An option can be selected by calling Option#tick, or Option#click. For example, select the first option in a list:

 select_list.first.tick

Methods

click new select tick unselect unselect_peers untick

External Aliases

value	->	to_s
selected	->	selected?

Attributes

 select_list
 selected
 text
 value

Public Class methods

new(node, select_list)

[Source]

     # File lib/mechanize/form_elements.rb, line 219
219:     def initialize(node, select_list)
220:       @text     = node.inner_text
221:       @value    = Util.html_unescape(node['value'])
222:       @selected = node.has_attribute? 'selected'
223:       @select_list = select_list # The select list this option belongs to
224:     end

Public Instance methods

click()

Toggle the selection value of this option

[Source]

     # File lib/mechanize/form_elements.rb, line 241
241:     def click
242:       unselect_peers
243:       @selected = !@selected
244:     end

select()

Select this option

[Source]

     # File lib/mechanize/form_elements.rb, line 227
227:     def select
228:       unselect_peers
229:       @selected = true
230:     end

tick()

Alias for select

unselect()

Unselect this option

[Source]

     # File lib/mechanize/form_elements.rb, line 233
233:     def unselect
234:       @selected = false
235:     end

untick()

Alias for unselect

Private Instance methods

unselect_peers()

[Source]

     # File lib/mechanize/form_elements.rb, line 247
247:     def unselect_peers
248:       if @select_list.instance_of? WWW::Mechanize::SelectList
249:         @select_list.select_none
250:       end
251:     end