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fix(webelement): preserve default locator strategy in webelement type hints - #1309
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… hints The type-only find_element and find_elements declarations in WebElement and CanFindElements required by, although their inherited Selenium implementations default it to By.ID. This makes static type checkers reject valid calls such as element.find_element(value='child') with a missing-argument error. Add the inherited default locator strategy (by: str = By.ID) to WebElement and CanFindElements, matching WebDriver. Add unit tests covering omitted locator strategy dispatch and protocol conformance.
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Summary
In Selenium's
WebElement.find_elementandfind_elements, the locator strategybyparameter defaults toBy.ID(by: str = By.ID).While PR #1298 preserved the default
By.IDlocator strategy forWebDriver,WebElementand theCanFindElementsprotocol were omitted and continued to requirebyin their type hints (by: str). This causes static type checkers (such asmypy) to reject valid calls likeelement.find_element(value='child')orelement.find_elements(value='items')with a missing positional argument error.This PR adds the default
By.IDlocator strategy toWebElementandCanFindElements, completing the consistency established in #1298 across the client.Changes
by: str = By.IDdefault tofind_elementandfind_elementsstubs inappium/webdriver/webelement.py(withfrom selenium.webdriver.common.by import Byunderif TYPE_CHECKING:).by: str = By.IDdefault toappium/protocols/webdriver/can_find_elements.py.test/unit/webdriver/webelement_test.pyverifying omittedbydispatch and protocol conformance.