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Created March 6, 2013 04:47
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Capybara select2 fill_in helper (for eg: autocomplete).
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select2_helper.rb
def fill_in_select2(selector, options={})
page.find(:css, "#s2id_#{selector} a").click
page.find(:css, ".select2-search input.select2-input").set options[:with]
page.find(:css, ".select2-result-label").click # Choose the first result
end
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Thanks! Works beautifully except when there are multiple select2 elements on the page, then you need to scope the last two finds to within the active drop container, which has the ID "#select2-drop." At least with the version I'm using (3.5.0).

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