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Version 2.3.0

Release date: 2014-06-02

Added

  • New window management API [Andrey Botalov]
  • Speed improvement for visible text detection in RackTest [Thomas Walpole] Thanks to Phillipe Creux for instigating this
  • RSpec 3 compatability
  • 'save_and_open_screenshot' functionality [Greg Lazarev]
  • Server errors raised on visit and synchronize [Jonas Nicklas]

Fixed

  • CSSHandlers now derives from BasicObject so globally included functions (concat, etc) shouldn't cause issues [Thomas Walpole]
  • touched reset after session is reset [lesliepc16]

Version 2.2.1

Release date: 2014-01-06

Fixed

  • Reverted a change in 2.2.0 which navigates to an empty file on reset. Capybara, now visits about:blank like it did before. [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 2.2.0

Release date: 2013-11-21

Added

  • Add go_back and go_forward methods. [Vasiliy Ermolovich]
  • Support RSpec 3 [Thomas Holmes]
  • has_button?, has_checked_field? and has_unchecked_field? accept options, like other matchers. [Carol Nichols]
  • The assert_selector and has_text? methods now support the :wait option [Vasiliy Ermolovich]
  • RackTest's visible? method now checks for the HTML5 hidden attribute.
  • Results from #all now delegate the sample method. [Phil Lee]
  • The set method now works for contenteditable attributes under Selenium. [Jon Rowe]
  • radio buttons and check boxes can be filtered by option value, useful when selecting by name [Jonas Nicklas]
  • feature blocks can be nested within other feature blocks in RSpec tests [Travis Gaff]

Fixed

  • Fixed race conditions causing stale element errors when filtering by text. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Resetting the page is now synchronous and navigates to an empty HTML file, instead of about:blank, fixing hanging issues in JRuby. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Fixed cookies not being set when path is blank under RackTest [Thomas Walpole]
  • Clearing fields now correctly causes change events [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Navigating to an absolut URI without trailing slash now works as expected under RackTest [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Checkboxes without assigned value default to on under RackTest [Nigel Sheridan-Smith]
  • Clicks on buttons with no form associated with them are ignored in RackTest instead of raising an obscure exception. [Thomas Walpole]
  • execute_script is now a session method [Andrey Botalov]
  • Nesting within_window and within_frame inside within resets the scope so that they behave like a user would expect [Thomas Walpole]
  • Improve handling of newlines in textareas [Thomas Walpole]
  • Capybara::Result delegates its inspect method, so as not to confuse users [Sam Rawlins]
  • save_page always returns a full path, fixes problems with Launchy [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Selenium driver's quit method does nothing when browser hasn't been loaded [randoum]
  • Capybara's WEBRick server now propertly respects the server_host option [Dmitry Vorotilin]
  • gemspec now includes license information [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 2.1.0

Release date: 2013-04-09

Changed

  • Hard version requirement on Ruby >= 1.9.3. Capybara will no longer install on 1.8.7. [Felix Schäfer]
  • Capybara no longer depends on the selenium-webdriver gem. Add it to your Gemfile if you wish to use the Selenium driver. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements defaults to true. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • In case of multiple matches smart matching is used by default. Set Capybara.match = :one to revert to old behaviour. [Jonas Nicklas].
  • Options in select boxes use smart matching and no longer need to match exactly. Set Capybara.exact_options = false to revert to old behaviour. [Jonas Nicklas].
  • Visibility of text depends on Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements instead of always returning only visible text. Set Capybara.visible_text_only = true to revert to old behaviour. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Cucumber cleans up session after scenario instead. This is consistent with RSpec and makes more sense, since we raise server errors in reset!. [Jonas Nicklas]

Added

  • All actions (click_link, fill_in, etc...) and finders now take an options hash, which is passed through to find. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • CSS selectors are sent straight through to driver instead of being converted to XPath first. Enables the use of some pseudo selectors, such as invalid in some drivers. [Thomas Walpole]
  • Capybara.asset_host option, which inserts a base tag into the page on save_and_open_page, eases debugging with the Rails asset pipeline. [Steve Hull]
  • exact option, can specify whether to match substrings or entire text. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • match option, can specify behaviour in case of multiple matches. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • wait option, can specify how long to wait for a given action/finder. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Config option which disables bubbling of errors raised inside server. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • text now takes a parameter which makes it possible to return either all text or only visible text. The default depends on Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements. Capybara.visible_text_only option is available for compatibility. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • has_content? and has_text? now take the same count options as has_selector? [Andrey Botalov]
  • current_scope is now public API, returns the current element when within is used. [Martijn Walraven]
  • find("input").disabled? returns true if a node is disabled. [Ben Lovell]
  • Find disabled fields and buttons with :disabled => false. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • find("input").hover moves the mouse to the element in supported drivers. [Thomas Walpole]
  • RackTest driver now support form attribute on form elements. [Thomas Walpole]
  • page.title returns the page title. [Terry Progetto]
  • has_title? matcher to assert on page title. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • The gem is now signed with a certicficate. The public key is available in the repo. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • :select and :textarea are valid options for the :type filter on find_field and has_field?. [Yann Plancqueel]

Fixed

  • Fixed race conditions when synchronizing across multiple nodes [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Fixed race conditions in deeply nested selectors [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Fix issue with within_frame, where selecting multiple nested frames didn't work as intended. [Thomas Walpole]
  • RackTest no longer fills in readonly textareas. [Thomas Walpole]
  • Don't use autoload to load files, require them directly instead. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Rescue weird exceptions when booting server [John Wilger]
  • Non strings are now properly cast when using the maxlength attribute [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 2.0.3

Release date: 2013-03-26

  • Check against Rails version fixed to work with Rails' master branch now returning a Gem::Version [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Use posix character class for whitespace replace, solves various encoding problems on Ruby 2.0.0 and JRuby. [Ben Cates]

Version 2.0.2

Release date: 2012-12-31

Changed

  • Capybara no longer uses thin as a server if it is available, due to thread safety issues. Now Capybara always defaults to WEBrick. [Jonas Nicklas]

Fixed

  • Suppress several warnings [Kouhei Sutou]
  • Fix default host becoming nil [Brian Cardarella]
  • Fix regression in 2.0.1 which caused node comparisons with non node objects to throw an exception [Kouhei Sotou]
  • A few changes to the specs, only relevant to driver authors [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Encoding error under JRuby [Piotr Krawiec]
  • Ruby 2 encoding fix [Murahashi Sanemat Kenichi]
  • Catch correct exception on server timeout [Jonathan del Strother]

Version 2.0.1

Release date: 2012-12-21

Changed

  • Move the RackTest driver override with the :respect_data_method option enabled from capybara/rspec to capybara/rails, so that it is enabled in Rails projects that don't use RSpec. [Carlos Antonio da Silva]
  • source is now an alias for html. RackTest no longer returns modifications to html. This basically codifies the behaviour which we've had for a while anyway, and should have minimal impact for end users. For driver authors, it means that they only have to implement html, and not source. [Jonas Nicklas]

Fixed

  • Visiting relative URLs when app_host is set and no server is running works as expected. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • fill_in works properly under Selenium again when the caret is not at the end of the field before the method is called. [Douwe Maan, Jonas Nicklas, Jari Bakken]
  • attach_file can once again be given a Pathname [Jake Goulding]

Version 2.0.0

Release date: 2012-11-05

Changed

  • Dropped official support for Ruby 1.8.x. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • respect_data_method default to false for the RackTest driver in non-rails applications. That means that Capybara no longer picks up data-method="post" et. al. from links by default when you haven't required capybara/rails [Jonas Nicklas]
  • find now raises an error if more than one element was found. Since find is used by most actions, like click_link under the surface, this means that all actions need to unambiguous in the future. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • All methods which find or manipulate fields or buttons now ignore them when they are disabled. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Can no longer find elements by id via find(:foo), use find("#foo") or find_by_id("foo") instead. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Element#text on RackTest now only returns visible text and normalizes (strips) whitespace, as with Selenium [Mark Dodwell, Jo Liss]
  • has_content? now checks the text value returned by Element#text, as opposed to querying the DOM. Which means it does not match hidden text. [Ryan Montgomery, Mark Dodwell, Jo Liss]
  • #394: #body now returns the unmodified source (like #source), not the current state of the DOM (like #html), by popular request [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Node#all no longer returns an array, but rather an enumerable Capybara::Result [Jonas Nicklas]
  • The arguments to select and unselect needs to be the exact text of an option in a select box, substrings are no longer allowed [Jonas Nicklas]
  • The options option to has_select? must match the exact set of options. Use with_options for the old behaviour. [Gonzalo Rodriguez]
  • The selected option to has_select? must match all selected options for multiple selects. [Gonzalo Rodriguez]
  • Various internals for running driver specs, this should only affect driver authors [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Rename Driver#body to Driver#html (relevant only for driver authors) [Jo Liss]

Removed

  • No longer possible to specify failure_message for custom selectors. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • #589: Capybara.server_boot_timeout has been removed in favor of a higher (60-second) hard-coded timeout [Jo Liss]
  • Capybara.prefer_visible_elements has been removed, as it is no longer needed with the changed find semantics [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Node#wait_until and Session#wait_until have been removed. See Node#synchronize for an alternative [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Capybara.timeout has been removed [Jonas Nicklas]
  • The :resynchronize option has been removed from the Selenium driver [Jonas Nicklas]
  • The rows option to has_table? has been removed without replacement. [Jonas Nicklas]

Added

  • Much improved error message [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Errors from inside the session for apps running in a server are raised when session is reset [James Tucker, Jonas Nicklas]
  • A ton of new selectors built in out of the box, like field, link, button, etc... [Adam McCrea, Jonas Nicklas]
  • has_text? has been added as an alias for has_content? [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Add Capybara.server_host option (default: 127.0.0.1) [David Balatero]
  • Add :type option for page.has_field? [Gonzalo Rodríguez]
  • Custom matchers can now be specified in CSS in addition to XPath [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Node#synchronize method to rerun a block of code if certain errors are raised [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Capybara.always_include_port config option always includes the server port in URLs when using visit. Facilitates testing different domain names`. [Douwe Maan]
  • Redirect limit for RackTest driver is configurable [Josh Lane]
  • Server port can be manually specified during initialization of server. [Jonas Nicklas, John Wilger]
  • has_content? and has_text? can be given a regular expression [Vasiliy Ermolovich]
  • Multiple files can be uploaded with attach_file [Jarl Friis]

Fixed

  • Nodes found via all are no longer reloaded. This fixes weird quirks where nodes would seemingly randomly replace themselves with other nodes [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Session is only reset if it has been modified, dramatically improves performance if only part of the test suite runs Capybara. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Test suite now passes on Ruby 1.8 [Jo Liss]
  • #565: require 'capybara/dsl' is no longer necessary [Jo Liss]
  • Rack::Test now respects ports when changing hosts [Jo Liss]
  • #603: Rack::Test now preserves the original referer URL when following a redirect [Rob van Dijk]
  • Rack::Test now does not send a referer when calling visit multiple times [Jo Liss]
  • Exceptions during server boot now propagate to main thread [James Tucker]
  • RSpec integration now cleans up before the test instead of after [Darwin]
  • If respect_data_method is true, the data-method attribute can be capitalized [Marco Antonio]
  • Rack app boot timing out raises an error as opposed to just logging to STDOUT [Adrian Irving-Beer]
  • #source returns an empty string instead of nil if no pages have been visited [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Ignore first leading newline in textareas in RackTest [Vitalii Khustochka]
  • within_frame returns the value of the given block [Alistair Hutchison]
  • Running Node.set on text fields will not trigger more than one change event [Andrew Kasper]
  • Throw an error when an option is given to a finder method, like all or has_selector? which Capybara doesn't understand [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Two references to the node now register as equal when comparing them with == [Jonas Nicklas]
  • has_text (has_content) now accepts non-string arguments, like numbers. [Jo Liss]
  • has_text and text now correctly normalize Unicode whitespace, such as  . [Jo Liss]
  • RackTest allows protocol relative URLs [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Arguments are cast to string where necessary, so that e.g. click_link(:foo) works as expected. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • :count => 0 now works as expected [Jarl Friis]
  • Fixed race conditions on negative assertions when removing nodes [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 1.1.4

Release date: 2012-11-28

Fixed

  • Fix more race conditions on negative assertions. [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 1.1.3

Release date: 2012-10-30

Fixed:

  • RackTest driver ignores leading newline in textareas, this is consistent with the spec and how browsers behave. [Vitalii Khustochka]
  • Nodes found via all and first are never reloaded. This fixes issues where a node would sometimes magically turn into a completely different node. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Fix race conditions on negative assertions. This fixes issues where removing an element and asserting on its non existence could cause StaleElementReferenceError and similar to be thrown. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Options are no longer lost when reloading elements. This fixes issues where reloading an element would cause a non-matching element to be found, because options to find were ignored. [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 1.1.2

Release date: 2011-11-15

Fixed

  • #541: Make attach_file work with selenium-webdriver >=2.12 [Jonas Nicklas]

Version 1.1.0

Release date: 2011-09-02

Fixed

  • Sensible inspect for Capybara::Session [Jo Liss]
  • Fix headers and host on redirect [Matt Colyer, Jonas Nicklas, Kim Burgestrand]
  • using_driver now restores the old driver instead of reverting to the default [Carol Nichols]
  • Errors when following links relative to the root path under rack-test [Jonas Nicklas, Kim Burgestrand]
  • Make sure exit codes are propagated properly [Edgar Beigarts]

Changed

  • resynchronization is off by default under Selenium

Added

  • Elements are automatically reloaded (including parents) during wait [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Rescue driver specific element errors, such as the dreaded ObsoleteElementError and retry [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Raise an error if something has frozen time [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Allow within to take a node instead of a selector [Peter Williams]
  • Using wait_time_time to change wait time for a block of code [Jonas Nicklas, Kim Burgestrand]
  • Option for rack-test driver to disable data-method hack [Jonas Nicklas, Kim Burgestrand]

Version 1.0.1

Release date: 2011-08-12

Fixed

  • Dependend on selenium-webdriver ~>2.0 and fix deprecations [Thomas Walpole, Jo Liss]
  • Depend on Launch 2.0 [Jeremy Hinegardner]
  • Rack-Test ignores fill in on fields with maxlength=""

Version 1.0.0

Release date: 2011-06-14

Added

  • Added DSL for acceptance tests, inspired by Luismi Cavallé's Steak [Luismi Cavalle and Jonas Nicklas]
  • Selenium driver automatically waits for AJAX requests to finish [mgiambalvo, Nicklas Ramhöj and Jonas Nicklas]
  • Support for switching between multiple named sessions [Tristan Dunn]
  • failure_message can be specified for Selectors [Jonas Nicklas]
  • RSpec matchers [David Chelimsky and Jonas Nicklas]
  • Added save_page to save tempfile without opening in browser [Jeff Kreeftmeijer]
  • Cucumber now switches automatically to a registered driver if the tag matches the name [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Added Session#text [Jonas Nicklas and Scott Cytacki]
  • Added Session#html as an alias for Session#body [Jo Liss]
  • Added Session#current_host method [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Buttons can now be clicked by title [Javier Martin]
  • :headers option for RackTest driver to set custom HTTP headers [Jonas Nicklas]

Removed

  • Culerity and Celerity drivers have been removed and split into separate gems [Gabriel Sobrinho]

Deprecated

  • include Capybara has been deprecated in favour of include Capybara::DSL [Jonas Nicklas]

Changed

  • Rack test driver class has been renamed from Capybara::Driver::RackTest to Capybara::RackTest::Driver [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Selenium driver class has been renamed from Capybara::Driver::Selenium to Capybara::Selenium::Driver [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Capybara now prefers visible elements over hidden elements, disable by setting Capybara.prefer_visible_elements = false [Jonas Nicklas and Nicklas Ramhöj]
  • For RSpec, :type => :request is now supported (and preferred over :acceptance) [Jo Liss]
  • Selenium driver tried to wait for AJAX requests to finish before proceeding [Jonas Nicklas and Nicklas Ramhöj]
  • Session no longer uses method missing, uses explicit delegates instead [Jonas Nicklas]

Fixed

  • The Rack::Test driver now respects maxlength on text fields [Guilherme Carvalho]
  • Allow for more than one save_and_open_page call per second [Jo Liss]
  • Automatically convert options to :count, :minimum, :maximum, etc. to integers [Keith Marcum]
  • Rack::Test driver honours maxlength on input fields [Guilherme Carvalho]
  • Rack::Test now works as expected with domains and subdomains [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Session is reset more thoroughly between tests. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Raise error when uploading non-existant file [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Rack reponse body should respond to #each [Piotr Sarnacki]
  • Deprecation warnings with selenium webdriver 0.2.0 [Aaron Gibraltar]
  • Selenium Chrome no longer YELLS tagname [Carl Jackson & David W. Frank]
  • Capybara no longer strips encoding before sending to Rack [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Improve handling of relative URLs [John Barton]
  • Readd and fix build_rack_mock_session [Jonas Nicklas, Jon Leighton]

Version 0.4.1

Release date: 2011-01-21

Added

  • New click_on alias for click_link_or_button, shorter yet unambiguous. [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Finders now accept :visible => false which will find all elements regardless of Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Configure how the server is started via Capybara.server { |app, port| ... }. [John Firebough]
  • Added :between, :maximum and :minimum options to has_selector and friends [James B. Byrne]
  • New Capybara.string util function which allows matchers on arbitrary strings, mostly for helper and view specs [David Chelimsky and Jonas Nicklas]
  • Server boot timeout is now configurable, via Capybara.server_boot_timeout [Adam Cigánek]
  • Built in support for RSpec [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Capybara.using_driver to switch to a different driver temporarily [Jeff Kreeftmeijer]
  • Added Session#first which is somewhat speedier than Session#all, use it internally for speed boost [John Firebaugh]

Changed

  • Session#within now accepts the same arguments as other finders, like Session#all and Session#find [Jonas Nicklas]

Removed

  • All deprecations from 0.4.0 have been removed. [Jonas Nicklas]

Fixed

  • Don't mangle URLs in save_and_open_page when using self-closing tags [Adam Spiers]
  • Catch correct error when server boot times out [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Celerity driver now properly passes through options, making it configurable [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Better implementation of attributes in C[ue]lerity, should fix issues with attributes with strange names [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Session#find no longer swallows errors [Jonas Nicklas]
  • Fix problems with multiple file inputs [Philip Arndt]
  • Submit multipart forms as multipart under rack-test even if they contain no files [Ryan Kinderman]
  • Matchers like has_select? and has_checked_field? now work with dynamically changed values [John Firebaugh]
  • Preserve order of rack params [Joel Chippindale]
  • RackTest#reset! is more thorough [Joel Chippindale]

Version 0.4.0

Release date: 2010-10-22

Changed

  • The Selector API was changed slightly, use Capybara.add_selector, see README

Fixed

  • Celerity driver is registered properly
  • has_selector? and has_no_selector? added to DSL
  • Multiple selects return correct values under C[cu]lerity
  • Naked query strings are handled correctly by rack-test

Version 0.4.0.rc

Release date: 2010-10-12

Changed

  • within and find/locate now follow the XPath spec in that //foo finds all nodes in the document, instead of only for the context node. See this post for details: http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-capybara/browse_thread/thread/b129067979df21b3
  • within now executes within the first found instance of the selector, not in all of them
  • find now waits for AJAX requests and raises an exception when the element is not found (same as locate used to do)
  • The default selector is now CSS, not XPath

Deprecated

  • Session#click has been renamed click_link_or_button and the old click has been deprecated
  • Node#node has been renamed native
  • Node#locate is deprecated in favor of Node#find, which now behaves identically
  • Session#drag is deprecated, please use Node#drag_to(other_node) instead

Added

  • Pretty much everything is properly documented now
  • It's now possible to call all session methods on nodes, like find('#foo').fill_in(...)
  • Custom selectors can be added with Capybara::Selector.add
  • The :id selector is added by default, use it lile find(:id, 'foo') or find(:foo)
  • Added Node#has_selector? so any kind of selector can be queried.
  • Added Capybara.configure for less wordy configuration
  • Added within_window to switch between different windows (currently Selenium only)
  • Capybara.server_port to provide a fixed port if wanted (defaults to automatic selection)

Fixed

  • CSS selectors with multiple selectors, such as "h1, h2" now work correctly
  • Port is automatically assigned instead of guessing
  • Strip encodings in rack-test, no more warnings!
  • RackTest no longer submits disabled fields
  • Servers no longer output annoying debug information when started
  • TCP port selection is left to Ruby to decide, no more port guessing
  • Select boxes now return option value instead of text if present
  • The default has been changed from localhost to 127.0.0.1, should fix some obscure selenium bugs
  • RackTest now supports complex field names, such as foo[bar][][baz]

Version 0.3.9

Release date: 2010-07-03

Added

  • status_code which returns the HTTP status code of the last response (no Selenium!)
  • Capybara.save_and_open_page to store tempfiles
  • RackTest and Culerity drivers now clean up after themselves properly

Fixed

  • When no rack app is set and the app is called, a more descriptive error is raised
  • select now works with optgroups
  • Don't submit image buttons unless they were clicked under rack-test
  • Support custom field types under Selenium
  • Support input fields without a type, treat them as though they were text fields
  • Redirect now throws an error after 5 redirects, as per RFC
  • Selenium now properly raises an error when Node#trigger is called
  • Node#value now returns the correct value for textareas under rack-test

Version 0.3.8

Release date: 2010-05-12

Added

  • Within_frame method to execute a block of code within a particular iframe (Selenium only!)

Fixed

  • Single quotes are properly escaped with select under rack-test and Selenium.
  • The :text option for searches now escapes regexp special characters when a string is given.
  • Selenium now correctly checks already checked checkboxes (same with uncheck)
  • Timing issue which caused Selenium to hang under certain circumstances.
  • Selenium now resolves attributes even if they are given as a Symbol

Version 0.3.7

Release date: 2010-04-09

This is a drop in compatible maintainance release. It's mostly important for driver authors.

Added

  • RackTest scans for data-method which rails3 uses to change the request method

Fixed

  • Don't hang when starting server on Windoze

Changed

  • The driver and session specs are now located inside lib! Driver authors can simply require them.

Version 0.3.6

Release date: 2010-03-22

This is a maintainance release with minor bug fixes, should be drop in compatible.

Added

  • It's now possible to load in external drivers

Fixed

  • has_content? ignores whitespace
  • Trigger events when choosing radios and checking checkboxes under Selenium
  • Make Capybara.app totally optional when running without server
  • Changed fallback host so it matches the one set up by Rails' integration tests

Version 0.3.5

Release date: 2010-02-26

This is a mostly backwards compatible release, it does break the API in some minor places, which should hopefully not affect too many users, please read the release notes carefully!

Breaking

  • Relative searching in a node (e.g. find('//p').all('//a')) will now follow XPath standard this means that if you want to find descendant nodes only, you'll need to prefix a dot!
  • visit now accepts fully qualified URLs for drivers that support it.
  • Capybara will always try to run a rack server, unless you set Capybara.run_sever = false

Changed

  • thin is preferred over mongrel and webrick, since it is Ruby 1.9 compatible
  • click_button and click will find , clicking them does nothing in RackTest

Added

  • Much improved error messages in a multitude of places
  • More semantic page querying with has_link?, has_button?, etc...
  • Option to ignore hidden elements when querying and interacting with the page
  • Support for multiple selects

Fixed

  • find_by_id is no longer broken
  • clicking links where the image's alt attribute contains the text is now possible
  • within_fieldset and within_table work when the default selector is CSS
  • boolean attributes work the same across drivers (return true/false)