Scrolling to an element and remove complexFind

[appium]

Scrolling to an element and remove complexFind

[kaelumania]

scrollTo is not working with iOS 6.1/7.1 and how can i scroll to elements inside a UIWebView when in hybrid context?

[jlipps]

in a webview context we're using the webdriver javascript atoms to get selenium webdriver functionality. and there is no scroll_to with this api. you should use javascript, just set window.scrollTop to the position of the element you want.

[kaelumania]

okay. can you please provide a few lines of sample code.

• i tried "scrollTo", which will not work in webviews as you explained, but i does not work in ios native either.
• i tried "mobile: scroll" via driver.executeScript, which worked in ios native, but got an not implemented exception in webview context

Furthermore shouldnt scrollTo be deprecated? Because it uses complexFind, which "is deprecated" according to the appium docs. Lastly, could you explain, what complexFind really does? i didnt find anything about that in the docs or code.

thanks.

[jlipps]

Furthermore shouldnt scrollTo be deprecated?

Yes :-)

Lastly, could you explain, what complexFind really does? i didnt find anything about that in the docs or code.

Unfortunately I never had a good idea of what complexFind does. It was specifically for Android and has been superseded by the -uiautomator locator strategy. And it never worked in a mobile context anyway.

In terms of an example unfortunately I don't have time to put one together. But the key point is to use executeScript to run some javascript. You can look up how to use javascript to scroll a window, there's plenty of info online.

[kaelumania]

okay thanks, i will let you know, if i find a solution.

Are there any plans to put a real scroll method into the AppiumDriver class?
What does the "mobile: scroll" do behind the scenes? Is it javascript running in instruments and therefore does not work for webviews?

[jlipps]

yes it uses a special instruments command that scrolls a view. the reason we have it is that swipe does not work on some views because the simulator has broken gesture recognition for some views.