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GetByRole name is not exact?

gnaffleposted in #help-playwright
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gnaffle

Was wondering was there a change with GetByRole that the name given is not exact?

Error: locator.click: Error: strict mode violation: getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }) resolved to 2 elements: 1) <button granitebutton="" _nghost-cso-c107="" aria-haspop…>…</button> aka getByRole('button', { name: 'Saved Searches' }) 2) <button title="Save" disabled="true" granitebutton="" _n…>…</button> aka getByRole('button', { name: 'Save', exact: true })

Previously it ran correctly but should I now add to each locater the exact:true option?

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gnaffle

I am now on 1.35

debbieobrien
debbieobrien

exact boolean (optional)#

Whether to find an exact match: case-sensitive and whole-string. Default to false. Ignored when locating by a regular expression. Note that exact match still trims whitespace.

debbieobrien
debbieobrien

exact was added in: v1.28

mxschmitt
mxschmitt

You can also do: getByRole('button', { name: 'Save', exact: true })

dman777

I noticed getByText also matches in the same manner .... is there away to make those locators to default to exact?

mxschmitt
mxschmitt

Not as of today. We had the feature request for this somewhere if I remember correctly.

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