[Feature Request] withText() case-insensitive option

[stordopoulos]

What are you trying to achieve?

Currently, the withText() method identifies only case sensitive text. That works for many cases but can also be a source of instability. By definition, withText() searches for elements that contain a specific sub-string. If said sub-string moves within the same sentence, then it's very likely for it to change all lowercase to the first character being a capital letter - which will break the tests.

In my humble opinion, a preferred solution would be the addition of a separate method, like Test Library's getByText(). Here's a link to an example of getByText():

// Matching a string:
getByText('Hello World') // full string match
getByText('llo Worl', { exact: false }) // substring match
getByText('hello world', { exact: false }) // ignore case

// Matching a regex:
getByText(/World/) // substring match
getByText(/world/i) // substring match, ignore case
getByText(/^hello world$/i) // full string match, ignore case
getByText(/Hello W?oRlD/i) // advanced regex

// Matching with a custom function:
getByText((content, element) => content.startsWith('Hello'))

What do you get instead?

The withText() method identifies only case sensitive text.

Details

• CodeceptJS version: v3.0.2
• NodeJS Version: v14.8.0
• Operating System: MacOS 10.15.4
• playwright

[kobenguyent]

I think this is resolved by #4100