why is my Capybara selector not finding the target? - capybara

Question

I have a page with two forms. It's a nic setting form. I have given everything a css id just to make them easily selectable.
%form#mnic_form
.datagrid
%table
%thead
%tr
%th{:colspan => "2"}
= "(eth0 - Management) Port Settings (#{#a.get_management_nic["mac"]})"
%tbody#managementnic
%tr
%td
DHCP:
%td
%input#dhcpon1{:type => "radio", :name => "dhcp", :value => "true", :checked => #a.get_management_nic["dhcp"], :onclick => "dhcpHandler('management')"} Enabled
%br
%input#dhcpoff1{:type => "radio", :name => "dhcp", :value => "false", :checked => !#a.get_management_nic["dhcp"], :onclick => "dhcpHandler('management')"} Disabled
%tr
%td
IP Address:
%td
%input#ip1{:type => "text", :name => "ip", :value => #a.get_management_nic["ip"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#ip1')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
Subnet Mask:
%td
%input#subnet1{:type => "text", :name => "subnet", :value => #a.get_management_nic["subnet"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#subnet1')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
Gateway:
%td
%input#gateway1{:type => "text", :name => "gateway", :value => #a.get_management_nic["gateway"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#gateway1')" }
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
DNS Servers:
%td
%input#dyndns1{:type => "checkbox", :name => "dynamicDNS", :value => "true", :checked => #a.get_management_nic["dynamicDNS"], :onclick => "dynamicDNSHandler('management')"}
Automatically assign DNS from DHCP Server
%tr
%td
DNS 1:
%td
%input#dns11{:type => "text", :name => "dns1", :value => #a.get_management_nic["dns1"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#dns11')" }
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
DNS 2:
%td
%input#dns21{:type => "text", :name => "dns2", :value => #a.get_management_nic["dns2"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#dns21')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%input#mnic_submit{:type => "button", :value => "Save", :onclick => "submitMNic()"}
%form#vnic_form
.datagrid
%table
%thead
%tr
%th{:colspan => "2"}
= "(eth1 - Video) NIC Port Settings (#{#a.get_video_nic["mac"]})"
%tbody#videonic
%tr
%td
DHCP:
%td
%input#dhcpon2{:type => "radio", :name => "dhcp", :value => "true", :checked => #a.get_video_nic["dhcp"], :onclick => "dhcpHandler('video')"} Enabled
%br
%input#dhcpoff2{:type => "radio", :name => "dhcp", :value => "false", :checked => !#a.get_video_nic["dhcp"], :onclick => "dhcpHandler('video')"} Disabled
%tr
%td
IP Address:
%td
%input#ip2{:type => "text", :name => "ip", :value => #a.get_video_nic["ip"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#ip2')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
Subnet Mask:
%td
%input#subnet2{:type => "text", :name => "subnet", :value => #a.get_video_nic["subnet"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#subnet2')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
Gateway:
%td
%input#gateway2{:type => "text", :name => "gateway", :value => #a.get_video_nic["gateway"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#gateway2')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
DNS Servers:
%td
%input#dyndns2{:type => "checkbox", :name => "dynamicDNS", :value => "true", :checked => #a.get_video_nic["dynamicDNS"], :onclick => "dynamicDNSHandler('video')"}
Automatically assign DNS from DHCP Server
%tr
%td
DNS 1:
%td
%input#dns12{:type => "text", :name => "dns1", :value => #a.get_video_nic["dns1"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#dns12')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
DNS 2:
%td
%input#dns22{:type => "text", :name => "dns2", :value => #a.get_video_nic["dns2"], :onblur => "IPHandler('#dns22')"}
%img.spinner{:src => '/img/busy_spinner.gif', :style => "display: none", :height => "15"}
%tr
%td
%td
%p All multicast routed on this interface
%input#vnic_submit{:type => "button", :value => "Save", :onclick => "submitVNic()"}
Now when I go to test this using capybara, I try these two functions:
page.choose('dhcpoff1')
page.choose('dhcpoff2')
and the first one works perfectly, and the second one does nothing. This shouldn't be that difficult to figure out, but I'm completely stuck. Been staring at it for hours. I appreciate any insight you might have.
function dhcpHandler(m_or_v) {
var tmp = (m_or_v === "management") ? tmp = $('#managementnic > tr > td > input') : tmp = $('#videonic > tr > td > input');
if (tmp[0].checked) {
tmp[2].disabled = true;
tmp[3].disabled = true;
tmp[4].disabled = true;
}
else {
tmp[2].disabled = false;
tmp[3].disabled = false;
tmp[4].disabled = false;
}
}
More testing. There are controller methods above, so let me just say that the page starts with dhcpon2 selected, and ip2, gateway2, and subnet2 all disabled.
I'm trying to run page.choose('dhcpoff2') and get it to select dhcpoff2, and then trigger the dhcpHandler() to un-disable the 3 fields. a workaround that works is page.execute_script("$('#dhcpoff2').click()") but that's too unbearable. currently I have it failing in selenium (2.48.1, capybara 2.5.0), and working in poltergeist...??? so to be more specific, here's a test:
page.choose('dhcpoff2')
#page.execute_script("$('#dhcpoff2').click()")
assert !find('#ip2')["disabled"]
if we comment out line 2 (the ghetto work around) it passes with poltergeist as the driver, but not with selenium as the driver.
And finally, here's the driver setup I'm using, swapping which lines are commented to switch between poltergeist and selenium:
include Capybara::DSL
Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, js_errors: false, phantomjs: "C:/Ruby22-x64/bin/phantomjs.exe")
end
Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Capybara.javascript_driver = :selenium
#Capybara.default_driver = :poltergeist
#Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
Capybara.default_max_wait_time = 10
Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements = false