Fake Data Documentation

Save a Named Field as Unnamed Field

For any form field that has either the name or id attribute, Fake Data saves them as Named Fields, but sometimes just want to identify a field based on a unique custom selector.

For this scenario, you can save a Named Field as Unnamed Fields and identify them by their selector.

Here is how to do that:

  • First, let's make sure that you have the "Fallback to Unnamed Fields" option enabled:

    • Open Fake Data's Options page
    • Go to Settings -> Developer Options -> Field Matching
    • Make sure that "Fallback Named Fields to Unnamed Fields" option is set to "Fallback to Unnamed Fields"

  • Now, in order to identify a named field by it's selector, you can do the following:

    • Inside the page where your input field is located, right-click on the input element that you want to manage, then go to Fake Data submenu and choose "Manage Field" option
    • In the newly opened popup, on the Save Field as toggle, choose Unnamed Field.

    • The "Save Field as" option will only show for fields that have a `name` or `id` attribute.

    • Now you should see that the field identifier has changed to a URL@selector format. This indicates that the input field will be identified by this selector on the page identified by the URL.
    • Optionally, you can customise the selector to anything you want by pressing the Edit button, which looks like this:
    • Once finished, press the green Save button, and you will be taken back to your form page.
    • Now you should be able to fill any similar input fields on the page that matches the selector you used in the steps just described.

Below is a quick demo showing all steps described above:

Prioritize Unnamed Field rules over Named Field rules

When a Named Field matches an existing Generator, it will often prioritize that rule over any other Unnamed Field rules (with some exceptions).

If you want to tell Fake Data to prioritize rules from Unnamed Fields over the Generator with same name, you can do the following:

  • Open Fake Data's Options page
  • Go to Settings -> Developer Options -> Field Matching
  • Make sure that "Fallback Named Fields to Unnamed Fields" option is set to "Fallback to Unnamed Fields"
  • Under the dropdown "When a Generator matches both Named and Unnamed Fields, which one should prioritize?" choose "Prioritize Unnamed Fields"