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React Testing Library中waitFor的container选项作用及范围失效问题

React Testing Library waitFor的container选项疑问

问题核心

我想了解React Testing Library里waitFor方法的container选项的作用,同时疑惑为何设置该选项后,内部调用的getByText没有被限制在指定container范围内,反而在整个document中查找导致重复元素错误。

官方文档说明

默认的container是全局document。请确保你等待的元素是container的后代。

测试代码

/**
* @jest-environment jsdom
*/

import { setImmediate } from 'timers'; // https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues/8558
global.setImmediate = setImmediate;

import { jest } from '@jest/globals';

import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
import { RenderResult, act, findByText, prettyDOM, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';

describe('RandomTest', () => {
  test('simpleTest__1', async () => {
    const renderResult = render(
      <div>
        <div id="div1">
          <code>search one</code>
          <code>search two</code>
          <code>search three</code>
        </div>
        <div id="div2">
          <code>find one</code>
          <code>find two</code>
          <code>find three</code>
        </div>
      </div>
    );

    const elt_div2 = renderResult.container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`#div2`) ?? (() => { throw new TypeError(); })(); // prettier-ignore

    await waitFor(
      () => {
        renderResult.getByText(/one/);
      },
      {
        container: elt_div2,
      }
    );
  });
})

错误信息

> tlightchat-main@0.0.0 randomUtest H:\Using\TLightChat\tlightchat-main
> node --experimental-vm-modules ./node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --runTestsByPath ./test/randomTest/Utest1.test.tsx

(node:19232) ExperimentalWarning: VM Modules is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
FAIL  test/randomTest/Utest1.test.tsx
  RandomTest
    × simpleTest__1 (1039 ms)
    ○ skipped simpleTest__2

  ● RandomTest › simpleTest__1

    Found multiple elements with the text: /one/

    Here are the matching elements:

    <code>search one</code>


    <code>find one</code>


    (If this is intentional, then use the `*AllBy*` variant of the query (like `queryAllByText`, `getAllByText`, or `findAllByText`)).

    <body>
      <div>
        <div>
          <div id="div1"><code>search one</code><code>search two</code><code>search three</code></div>
          <div id="div2"><code>find one</code><code>find two</code><code>find three</code></div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </body>

      34 |     // console.log(printHtmlHltAnsi(elt_div2));
      35 |
    > 36 |     await waitFor(
         |           ^
      37 |       () => {
      38 |         renderResult.getByText(/one/);
      39 |       },

      at waitForWrapper (node_modules/.pnpm/@testing-library+dom@9.3.3/node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/wait-for.js:162:27)
      at Object.<anonymous> (test/randomTest/Utest1.test.tsx:36:11)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 skipped, 2 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        5.412 s
Ran all test suites within paths "./test/randomTest/Utest1.test.tsx".
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

问题现象

waitFor似乎是在整个document中查找元素(导致找到重复元素触发错误),而非在指定的elt_div2内部查找(该范围内仅存在1个匹配元素)。但使用findByText(elt_div2, /one/)时,范围限制是正常的。请问这是为什么?

解答

首先明确waitFor的container选项的作用:它不是用来限制回调内部查询函数的查找范围,而是用来指定waitFor需要监听哪个容器内的DOM变化,当这个容器内发生DOM更新时,waitFor会重新执行回调函数。默认情况下它监听整个document的变化,设置为elt_div2后,只会在elt_div2内部有DOM变动时才重试回调。

你遇到的问题根源在于:renderResult.getByText这个方法是绑定到render返回的根容器(也就是整个渲染的DOM结构)上的,它的查找范围始终是这个根容器(对应整个document中的渲染内容),和waitFor的container选项无关。

要实现限制在elt_div2内部查找的需求,你需要直接在查询函数中指定查找容器:

  1. 使用getByText的第一个参数传入目标容器:
await waitFor(() => {
  getByText(elt_div2, /one/);
});
  1. 或者从elt_div2上创建查询方法(比如使用within工具):
import { within } from '@testing-library/react';

// ...

await waitFor(() => {
  within(elt_div2).getByText(/one/);
});

这两种方式都会把查找范围限制在elt_div2内部,不会出现重复元素的错误。而waitFor的container选项此时可以保留,用来只监听elt_div2内的DOM变化,提升测试效率。


内容的提问来源于stack exchange,提问作者Nor.Z

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