No validation if 'verifyTextPresent' uses transposed 'Target' & 'Value' fields

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 7605

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Create a new step using 'verifyTextPresent' command
2. Enter text to be verified in 'Value' field instead of 'Target'. Leave 'Target' NULL
(admittedly this is the users mistake, albeit an easy one to make)
3. Run step

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would expect this step to fail as 'Target' is blank. It doesn't fail, it passes.
This is misleading - the user thinks the step has been created correctly and the text
has passed verification.

Some validation here would really help the inexperienced user (me!). :-)


Selenium version:2.5.0
OS:Windows 8.1
Browser:Firebox
Browser version:30.0


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Reported by blatchtom on 2014-07-15 08:27:04

[lukeis]

Reported by barancev on 2014-07-15 11:45:54

• Labels added: Type-Enhancement, Component-IDE
• Labels removed: Type-Defect

[lukeis]

Hi,

There will probably be some syntax hilighting in the future. In the meanwhile, have
you tried out my Selenium Expert plugin? It can be installed from the mozilla addons
site and it will point out some of these errors and even fix some for you.

I will run a few tests to see if this can be easily prevented for now.

Cheers,
Samit Badle
Selenium IDE Maintainer
Twitter: @samitbadle
Blog: http://blog.reallysimplethoughts.com/

Reported by Samit.Badle on 2014-09-16 07:09:45

• Status changed: Accepted

[lukeis]

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 17:47:03

• Labels added: Restrict-AddIssueComment-Commit