Watir Classic is now deprecated. Please use Watir 6.0+ which is based on Selenium. Update your dependencies to use “watir”, “~> 6.0”
Watir Classic is a Watir driver for automating Internet Explorer on Windows.
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Install the gem:
gem install watir-classic
Detailed installation instructions are at watir.com/installation
Some examples from watir.com/examples
Loading Watir gem to drive Internet Explorer on Windows
require 'watir-classic'
Starting a new browser & going to our site
browser = Watir::Browser.new browser.goto("http://bit.ly/watir-example")
Setting a text field
browser.text_field(:name => "entry.0.single").set "Watir"
Setting a multi-line text box
browser.text_field(:name => "entry.1.single").set "I come here from Australia. \n The weather is great here."
Setting and clearing a radio button
browser.radio(:value => "Watir").set browser.radio(:value => "Watir").clear
Setting and clearing check boxes
browser.checkbox(:value => "Ruby").set browser.checkbox(:value => "Python").set browser.checkbox(:value => "Python").clear
Clicking a button
browser.button(:name => "logon").click
Clearing, getting and selecting selection list values
browser.select_list(:name => "entry.6.single").clear puts browser.select_list(:name => "entry.6.single").options.map(&:text) browser.select_list(:name => "entry.6.single").select "Chrome"
Clicking a button
browser.button(:name => "submit").click
Checking for text in a page
puts browser.text.include?("Your response has been recorded.")
Checking the title of a page
puts browser.title == "Thanks!"
Watir-Classic is supported on Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.3 and 2.0.0. It should work on Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10.
Let us know at Watir’s Mailing List or through Issues if there’s any problems.