Suggestions for cucumber step definitions

[laran]

Cucumber steps right now are like this:

When I click the "foo" button

I have components which sometimes have an id, sometimes a label, sometimes a title, sometimes a name. The steps right now only support label or id.

So, I'd like to suggest a more descriptive format.

When I click the button named "foo"
When I click the button labeled "foo"
When I click the button identified by "foo"
When I click the button titled "foo"

I think this is much more explicit and easy to work with.

I've created steps similar to these locally and they help.

Also, I sometimes have trouble getting handles on components in windows. So I've added steps like this:

When I click the button named "foo" in the window titled "New Thing"

I'd like to suggest adding these steps as well.

[laran]

Here's some code for those steps if you want to integrate it:

When /^I click the (check box|button|radio button|pop up button|pop up menu button) (named|labeled|titled|identified by) "([^"]*)"$/ do |component_type, component_field_type, component_field_value|
  Melomel::Cucumber.run! do
    component = nil
    classes = Melomel::Flex.get_component_classes(component_type)
    case component_field_type
      when 'named'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_name!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'titled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_title!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'identified by'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_id!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'labeled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_label!(classes, component_field_value)
    end
    Melomel.click(component)
  end
end

When /^I type "([^"]*)" in the (text field|text area) (named|labeled|titled|identified by) "([^"]*)"$/ do |text, component_type, component_field_type, component_field_value|
  Melomel::Cucumber.run! do
    component = nil
    classes = Melomel::Flex.get_component_classes(component_type)

    case component_field_type
      when 'named'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_name!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'titled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_title!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'identified by'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_id!(classes, component_field_value)
      when 'labeled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_labeled!(classes, component_field_value)
    end

    component.setFocus()
    component.text = text
  end
end

When /^I select "([^"]*)" on the (list|combo box) (named|titled|identified by|labeled) "([^"]*)" in the window (named|titled|identified by|labeled) "([^"]*)"$/ do |value, component_type, component_field_name, component_field_value, window_field_name, window_field_value|
  Melomel::Cucumber.run! do
    window = nil
    case window_field_name
      when 'named'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :name => window_field_value)
      when 'titled'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :title => window_field_value)
      when 'identified by'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :id => window_field_value)
      when 'labeled'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :label => window_field_value)
    end

    component = nil
    classes = Melomel::Flex.get_component_classes(component_type)

    case component_field_name
      when 'named'
        component = Melomel.find!(classes, window, :name => component_field_value)
      when 'titled'
        component = Melomel.find!(classes, window, :title => component_field_value)
      when 'identified by'
        component = Melomel.find!(classes, window, :id => component_field_value)
      when 'labeled'
        component = Melomel.find!(classes, window, :label => component_field_value)
    end

    component.setFocus()

    labels = Melomel.items_to_labels!(component, component.dataProvider)

    # Loop over labels and set the selected index when we find a match
    index = nil
    labels.length.times do |i|
      if labels[i] == value
        index = i
      end
    end
    raise "Cannot find '#{value}' on #{component_type}" if index.nil?

    component.selectedIndex = index
  end
end

When /^I click the (check box|button|radio button|pop up button|pop up menu button) (named|titled|identified by|labeled) "([^"]*)" in the window (named|titled|identified by|labeled) "([^"]*)"$/ do |component_type, component_field_name, component_field_value, window_field_name, window_field_value|
  Melomel::Cucumber.run! do
    window = nil
    case window_field_name
      when 'named'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :name => window_field_value)
      when 'titled'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :title => window_field_value)
      when 'identified by'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :id => window_field_value)
      when 'labeled'
        window = Melomel.find!("mx.containers.TitleWindow", :label => window_field_value)
    end

    component = nil
    classes = Melomel::Flex.get_component_classes(component_type)

    case component_field_name
      when 'named'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_name!(classes, component_field_value, window)
      when 'titled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_title!(classes, component_field_value, window)
      when 'identified by'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_id!(classes, component_field_value, window)
      when 'labeled'
        component = Melomel::Cucumber.find_by_label!(classes, component_field_value, window)
    end

    component.setFocus()
    Melomel.click(component)
  end
end