Interaction testing with Rspec (Capybara actions)

[Jackson200]

Hi all,

I have followed the discussion thread on (Capybara testing)[https://github.com//discussions/497], and have previews enabled for test environments.

I still get the error that click function is not included in the Simple Node. How do I access the Capybara actions?

I would be up for ad ing an example to the Testing with Rspec documentation if I can get it working.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[joelhawksley]

@Jackson200 ViewComponent unit tests do not run in a browser, so they do not support interactions like click. I'd recommend using a System Test to visit a preview and do your interaction tests.

[Jackson200]

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a shot using a System test.

I had seen the @page test helper

view_component/lib/view_component/test_helpers.rb

Lines 10 to 12 in 92a0f39

	def page
	@page ||= Capybara::Node::Simple.new(rendered_content)
	end

and wondering if a helper existed to use Capybara::Node::Actions.

I see now to just use type: :system. Thanks for the pointer :)