2 Navigation

Navigation is done with the #self.visit method:

LoginPage.visit

The easiest means of allowing navigation is to define a page_url in the Page Object with a basic string:

class LoginPage < WatirDrops::PageObject
  page_url { 'http://example.com/login' }
end

Just like with elements, we can pass in a parameter to navigate to a specific instance of a page object:

class UserPage < WatirDrops::PageObject
  page_url { |id| "http://example.com/user/#{id}" }
end

This allows you to access different elements by passing in parameters along with the name of the element. So UserPage.visit(10) is the same as browser.goto("http://example.com/user/10")

If your page object is not merely on a static url page (like a single page app), you can skip defining a page_url and define the #goto method directly in the Page Object:

class AddressCreateModal < WatirDrops::PageObject
  def goto
    AddressPage.visit.add_address.click
  end  
end

Now AddressCreateModal.visit will navigate to the AddressPage, then click the add address link and return an instance of AddressCreateModal.