poc for getting/querying by title

README.md

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ when a real user uses it.
   * [`getByPlaceholderText(container: HTMLElement, text: TextMatch): HTMLElement`](#getbyplaceholdertextcontainer-htmlelement-text-textmatch-htmlelement)
   * [`getByText(container: HTMLElement, text: TextMatch): HTMLElement`](#getbytextcontainer-htmlelement-text-textmatch-htmlelement)
   * [`getByAltText(container: HTMLElement, text: TextMatch): HTMLElement`](#getbyalttextcontainer-htmlelement-text-textmatch-htmlelement)
+  * [`getByTitle(container: HTMLElement, title: ExactTextMatch): HTMLElement`](#getbytitlecontainer-htmlelement-title-exacttextmatch-htmlelement)
   * [`getByTestId(container: HTMLElement, text: ExactTextMatch): HTMLElement`](#getbytestidcontainer-htmlelement-text-exacttextmatch-htmlelement)
   * [`wait`](#wait)
   * [`waitForElement`](#waitforelement)
@@ -250,6 +251,15 @@ and [`<area>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/area)
 const incrediblesPosterImg = getByAltText(container, /incredibles.*poster$/i)
 ```
 
+### `getByTitle(container: HTMLElement, title: ExactTextMatch): HTMLElement`
+
+This will return the element that has the matching `title` attribute.
+
+```javascript
+// <span title="Delete" id="2" />
+const deleteElement = getByTitle(container, 'Delete')
+```
+
 ### `getByTestId(container: HTMLElement, text: ExactTextMatch): HTMLElement`
 
 A shortcut to `` container.querySelector(`[data-testid="${yourId}"]`) `` (and it

src/__tests__/__snapshots__/element-queries.js.snap

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ exports[`get throws a useful error message 5`] = `
 </div>"
 `;
 
+exports[`get throws a useful error message 6`] = `
+"Unable to find an element with the title: LucyRicardo. 
+
+<div>
+  <div />
+</div>"
+`;
+
 exports[`label with no form control 1`] = `
 "Found a label with the text of: alone, however no form control was found associated to that label. Make sure you're using the \\"for\\" attribute or \\"aria-labelledby\\" attribute correctly. 
 

src/__tests__/element-queries.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ test('get throws a useful error message', () => {
     getByText,
     getByTestId,
     getByAltText,
+    getByTitle,
   } = render('<div />')
   expect(() => getByLabelText('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
   expect(() =>
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ test('get throws a useful error message', () => {
   expect(() => getByText('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
   expect(() => getByTestId('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
   expect(() => getByAltText('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
+  expect(() => getByTitle('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
 })
 
 test('can get elements by matching their text content', () => {
@@ -117,6 +119,19 @@ test('get element by its alt text', () => {
   expect(getByAltText(/fin.*nem.*poster$/i).src).toBe('/finding-nemo.png')
 })
 
+test('query/get element by its title', () => {
+  const {getByTitle, queryByTitle} = render(`
+    <div>
+        <span title="Ignore this" id="1"/>
+        <span title="Delete" id="2"/>
+        <span title="Ignore this as well" id="3"/>
+    </div>
+  `)
+
+  expect(getByTitle('Delete').id).toEqual('2')
+  expect(queryByTitle('Delete').id).toEqual('2')
+})
+
 test('can get elements by data-testid attribute', () => {
   const {queryByTestId} = render(`<div data-testid="firstName"></div>`)
   expect(queryByTestId('firstName')).toBeInTheDOM()

src/queries.js

@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ function queryByText(container, text, opts) {
   return firstResultOrNull(queryAllByText, container, text, opts)
 }
 
+const queryAllByTitle = (...args) =>
+  queryAllByAttribute('title', ...args, {exact: true})
+
+const queryByTitle = (...args) =>
+  queryByAttribute('title', ...args, {exact: true})
+
+function getAllByTitle(container, title, ...rest) {
+  const els = queryAllByTitle(container, title, ...rest)
+  if (!els.length) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to find an element with the title: ${title}. \n\n${debugDOM(
+        container,
+      )}`,
+    )
+  }
+  return els
+}
+
+function getByTitle(...args) {
+  return firstResultOrNull(getAllByTitle, ...args)
+}
+
 // this is just a utility and not an exposed query.
 // There are no plans to expose this.
 function queryAllByAttribute(attribute, container, text, {exact = false} = {}) {
@@ -215,6 +237,10 @@ export {
   queryAllByTestId,
   getByTestId,
   getAllByTestId,
+  queryByTitle,
+  queryAllByTitle,
+  getByTitle,
+  getAllByTitle,
 }
 
 /* eslint complexity:["error", 14] */