Watir Classic¶ ↑

Status¶ ↑

Watir Classic is now deprecated. Please use Watir 6.0+ which is based on Selenium. Update your dependencies to use “watir”, “~> 6.0”

Details¶ ↑

Watir Classic is a Watir driver for automating Internet Explorer on Windows.

Project Home: watir.com
Documentation: rubydoc.info/github/watir/watir-classic/frames
Source Code: github.com/watir/watir-classic
Support: watir.com/support
Gem: rubygems.org/gems/watir-classic

Install¶ ↑

Install the gem:

gem install watir-classic

Detailed installation instructions are at watir.com/installation

Examples¶ ↑

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!"

Supported Platforms¶ ↑

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.