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feat(core)!: strict mode for native locators — an action or single-element query on a locator matching several elements fails at once - #387
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WalkthroughLocator operations now fail immediately when strict resolution finds multiple distinct matches. Ancestor-chain matches collapse to the outermost node. Collection and positional methods remain non-strict. The change adds strategy and node descriptions for violation messages, exports strict-mode utilities, tests the matching behavior, and documents it. Priority: ➖ Normal Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly and specifically summarizes the main breaking change: strict mode causes actions and single-element queries on ambiguous native locators to fail immediately. Description check The description directly explains the strict-mode behavior, affected APIs, exceptions, migration guidance, tests, and documentation changes. Linked Issues check Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. Out of Scope Changes check Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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# Conflicts: # docs/src/guides/locators.md # packages/mobilewright-core/src/index.ts
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Review comments at @packages/mobilewright-core/src/locator.ts:
- Line 483: Normalize matches with collapseAncestorChains in Locator.count() and
Locator.all(), and in positional selection where queryAll is called with
strategy.parent. Keep collection behavior otherwise unchanged so counts and
selected elements follow the documented ancestor-chain rule.
Review comments at @packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts:
- Line 398: Update the locator-description formatting around the exact option so
explicitly supplied true and false values are both included, while an omitted
value remains absent. Preserve the existing description format for exact: true.
- Line 452: Update the `insideKept` check to treat a node identical to an
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| private resolveStrict(roots: ViewNode[]): ViewNode | null { | ||
| const elements = collapseAncestorChains(queryAll(roots, this.strategy)); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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Apply ancestor-chain normalization to collection and positional selection.
The documentation states that an ancestor and its matching text child count as one element. count() and all() use raw queryAll results, and toHaveCount() delegates to count(). Positional methods also index raw parent results. These methods can therefore report or select both nodes instead of the collapsed outermost node.
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diff --git a/packages/mobilewright-core/src/locator.ts b/packages/mobilewright-core/src/locator.ts
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- return queryAll(roots, this.strategy).length;
+ return collapseAncestorChains(queryAll(roots, this.strategy)).length;
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- const matches = queryAll(roots, this.strategy);
+ const matches = collapseAncestorChains(queryAll(roots, this.strategy));
diff --git a/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts b/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts
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- const all = queryAll(roots, strategy.parent);
+ const all = collapseAncestorChains(queryAll(roots, strategy.parent));This preserves non-strict collection behavior while making collection counts and positional selection use the documented ancestor-chain rule.
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Review comment at @packages/mobilewright-core/src/locator.ts at line 483:
Normalize matches with collapseAncestorChains in Locator.count() and
Locator.all(), and in positional selection where queryAll is called with
strategy.parent. Keep collection behavior otherwise unchanged so counts and
selected elements follow the documented ancestor-chain rule.
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| function describeExact(exact: boolean | undefined): string { | ||
| return exact ? ', { exact: true }' : ''; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Include exact: false in locator descriptions.
If a caller uses getByText('Save', { exact: false }), a strict-mode or timeout error displays getByText('Save'). That describes a different query and hides why extra elements matched. Render both explicitly supplied values of exact.
Proposed fix
--- "a/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts"
+++ "b/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts"
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
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function describeExact(exact: boolean | undefined): string {
- return exact ? ', { exact: true }' : '';
+ return exact === undefined ? '' : `, { exact: ${exact} }`;
}
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| return exact ? ', { exact: true }' : ''; | |
| return exact === undefined ? '' : `, { exact: ${exact} }`; |
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Review comment at @packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts at line 398:
Update the locator-description formatting around the exact option so explicitly
supplied true and false values are both included, while an omitted value remains
absent. Preserve the existing description format for exact: true.
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| export function collapseAncestorChains(matches: ViewNode[]): ViewNode[] { | ||
| const kept: ViewNode[] = []; | ||
| for (const node of matches) { | ||
| const insideKept = kept.some((outer) => flattenNodes(outer.children).includes(node)); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Deduplicate the same node before checking ancestry.
If nested Cell nodes both contain one Button, getByType('Cell').getByRole('button') returns that same button once per parent. flattenNodes(outer.children) does not contain outer, so this helper retains both references and a single button causes a strict-mode violation. Treat identical references as one match.
Proposed fix
--- "a/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts"
+++ "b/packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts"
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
export function collapseAncestorChains(matches: ViewNode[]): ViewNode[] {
const kept: ViewNode[] = [];
for (const node of matches) {
- const insideKept = kept.some((outer) => flattenNodes(outer.children).includes(node));
+ const insideKept = kept.some((outer) => outer === node || flattenNodes(outer.children).includes(node));
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| const insideKept = kept.some((outer) => flattenNodes(outer.children).includes(node)); | |
| const insideKept = kept.some((outer) => outer === node || flattenNodes(outer.children).includes(node)); |
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Review comment at @packages/mobilewright-core/src/query-engine.ts at line 452:
Update the `insideKept` check to treat a node identical to an already-kept node
as contained, in addition to checking descendants with `flattenNodes`, so the
same node is returned only once.
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Breaking change. Companion to #386 (Playwright text matching): with substring matching, ambiguous locators become more likely, and until now they silently resolved to the first match.
Problem
screen.getByRole('button').tap()with several buttons on screen tapped the first one;expect(screen.getByText('Delete')).toBeVisible()with two "Delete" rows checked only the first. Playwright raises a strict mode violation in both cases, which is what makes a wrong locator show up as a failure instead of a test that passes for the wrong reason. Error messages also never said which locator failed (finding 37).Fix
Every action and single-element query/assertion (
tap,fill,getText,isVisible,exists,waitFor,boundingBox,screenshot,scrollIntoViewIfNeeded, allexpect(locator)matchers excepttoHaveCount) resolves through one strict path. More than one match throws aStrictModeViolationError(subclass ofLocatorError) immediately, no retry, naming the locator and listing the elements:count(),all(),first(),last(),nth(),toHaveCount()are not strict.isVisible()rethrows the violation instead of answeringfalse.Native trees report one control at several levels (an iOS
Buttonand itsStaticTextchild both carry the label, Android rows and theirTextViews likewise). Matches that form one ancestor chain collapse to the outermost node and count as a single element, sogetByText('Basic UI').tap()keeps working; two separate rows with the same text are still a violation.New
describeStrategy()(exported) renders a strategy as test code (getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }).first()); timeout errors now include it:Locator: no matching element found after 5000ms (getByTestId('zzz')).README and
docs/src/guides/locators.mdgain a "Strict mode" section.Migration
Locators that matched several elements and relied on "first wins" need
.first(),.nth(i)or a narrower locator. The error message says which locator and lists the candidates.Tests
getText/isVisible/exists/waitForare strict,count/all/first/last/nthare not, a container + its text child collapse to one element (outermost centre tapped), two rows with the same text are still a violation (five failed before the change)npm test— 832 passed, 1 skipped;npm run lintgetByRole('button').tap()andexpect(...).toBeVisible()fail at once listing 5/6 buttons,.first()works,getByText('Basic UI').tap()andgetByLabel('Toggle switch').tap()still resolve the container,getByRole('radio').tap()fails and.nth(1).tap()works, timeout errors name the locator