How to check a checkbox in capybara?

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John Dow picture John Dow · Nov 28, 2011 · Viewed 93.2k times · Source

I'm using Rspec and Capybara.

How can I write a step to check a checkbox? I've tried check by value but it can't find my checkbox. I'm not sure what to do, as I have in fact same ID with different values

Here is the code:

 <input id="cityID" type="checkbox" style="text-align: center; opacity: 0;" value="61" name="cityID">
 <input id="cityID" type="checkbox" style="text-align: center; opacity: 0;" value="62" name="cityID">
 <input id="cityID" type="checkbox" style="text-align: center; opacity: 0;" value="63" name="cityID">

Answer

Jon M picture Jon M · Nov 28, 2011

I found the following worked for me:

# Check
find(:css, "#cityID[value='62']").set(true)

# Uncheck
find(:css, "#cityID[value='62']").set(false)

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