cleanup some publishing/posting cukes, hopefully stabilizing them

features/desktop/posts_from_main_page.feature

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
       And I have user with username "alice" in an aspect called "PostingTo"
       And I have user with username "alice" in an aspect called "NotPostingThingsHere"
       And I am on the home page
-      
+
     Scenario: expanding the publisher
       Given ".markdownIndications" is hidden
       And ".options_and_submit" is hidden
@@ -28,23 +28,20 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
 
     Scenario: post a text-only message to all aspects
       Given I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating yogurt    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "I am eating yogurt"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I go to the aspects page
       Then "I am eating yogurt" should be post 1
 
     Scenario: re-posting a text-only message
       Given I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | The World needs more Cats.    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "The World needs more Cats."
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       Given I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | The World needs more Cats.    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "The World needs more Cats."
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I go to the aspects page
       Then "The World needs more Cats." should be post 1
@@ -58,10 +55,9 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     Scenario: post a text-only message to just one aspect
       When I select only "PostingTo" aspect
       And I expand the publisher
-      And I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating a yogurt    |
+      When I write the status message "I am eating a yogurt"
 
-      And I press "Share"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       When I am on the aspects page
       And I select only "PostingTo" aspect
@@ -74,9 +70,8 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     Scenario: post a photo with text
       Given I expand the publisher
       When I attach the file "spec/fixtures/button.png" to hidden "file" within "#file-upload"
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | Look at this dog    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "Look at this dog"
+      And I submit the publisher
       And I go to the aspects page
       Then I should see a "img" within ".stream_element div.photo_attachments"
       And I should see "Look at this dog" within ".stream_element"
@@ -112,8 +107,7 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     Scenario: back out of uploading a picture to a post with text
       Given I expand the publisher
       And I have turned off jQuery effects
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating a yogurt    |
+      When I write the status message "I am eating a yogurt"
       And I attach the file "spec/fixtures/button.png" to hidden "file" within "#file-upload"
       And I click to delete the first uploaded photo
       Then I should not see an uploaded image within the photo drop zone
@@ -122,8 +116,7 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     Scenario: back out of uploading a picture when another has been attached
       Given I expand the publisher
       And I have turned off jQuery effects
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating a yogurt    |
+      When I write the status message "I am eating a yogurt"
       And I attach the file "spec/fixtures/button.png" to hidden "file" within "#file-upload"
       And I attach the file "spec/fixtures/button.png" to hidden "file" within "#file-upload"
       And I click to delete the first uploaded photo
@@ -133,9 +126,8 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     @wip
     Scenario: hide a contact's post
       Given I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | Here is a post for you to hide    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "Here is a post for you to hide"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I log out
       And I sign in as "alice@alice.alice"
@@ -151,9 +143,8 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
 
     Scenario: delete one of my posts
       Given I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating a yogurt    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "I am eating a yogurt"
+      And I submit the publisher
       And I go to the aspects page
       And I hover over the ".stream_element"
       And I click to delete the first post
@@ -165,7 +156,7 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
       And I press the aspect dropdown
       And I toggle the aspect "PostingTo"
       And I append "I am eating a yogurt" to the publisher
-      And I press "Share"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I am on the aspects page
       And I select only "PostingTo" aspect
@@ -179,13 +170,13 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
       And I press the aspect dropdown
       And I toggle the aspect "PostingTo"
       And I append "I am eating a yogurt" to the publisher
-      And I press "Share"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I expand the publisher
       And I press the aspect dropdown
       And I toggle the aspect "Besties"
       And I append "And cornflakes also" to the publisher
-      And I press "Share"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I am on the aspects page
       And I select only "PostingTo" aspect
@@ -201,9 +192,8 @@ Feature: posting from the main page
     # (NOTE) make this a jasmine spec
     Scenario: reject deletion one of my posts
       When I expand the publisher
-      When I fill in the following:
-          | status_message_fake_text    | I am eating a yogurt    |
-      And I press "Share"
+      When I write the status message "I am eating a yogurt"
+      And I submit the publisher
 
       And I hover over the ".stream_element"
       And I prepare the deletion of the first post

features/step_definitions/aspects_steps.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+module AspectCukeHelpers
+  def click_aspect_dropdown
+    find('.dropdown .button').click
+  end
+
+  def toggle_aspect(a_name)
+    a_id = @me.aspects.where(name: a_name).pluck(:id).first
+    aspect_css = ".dropdown li[data-aspect_id='#{a_id}']"
+    page.should have_selector(aspect_css)
+    find(aspect_css).click
+  end
+
+  def aspect_dropdown_visible?
+    find('.aspect_membership.dropdown.active').should be_visible
+  end
+end
+World(AspectCukeHelpers)
+
 When /^I click on "([^"]*)" aspect edit icon$/ do |aspect_name|
   within(".all_aspects") do
     li = find('li', text: aspect_name)
@@ -23,20 +41,6 @@ When /^I select "([^"]*)" aspect as well$/ do |aspect_name|
   step %Q(I should see "#{aspect_name}" aspect selected)
 end
 
-Then /^I should see "([^"]*)" aspect selected$/ do |aspect_name|
-  aspect = @me.aspects.where(:name => aspect_name).first
-  within("#aspects_list") do
-    page.should have_css "li[data-aspect_id='#{aspect.id}'] .selected"
-  end
-end
-
-Then /^I should see "([^"]*)" aspect unselected$/ do |aspect_name|
-  aspect = @me.aspects.where(:name => aspect_name).first
-  within("#aspects_list") do
-    page.should have_no_css "li[data-aspect_id='#{aspect.id}'] .selected"
-  end
-end
-
 When /^I check the first contact list button$/ do
   find(".contact_list .button", match: :first).tap do |button|
     button.click
@@ -51,3 +55,29 @@ When /^I uncheck the first contact list button$/ do
     sleep 1 # The expectation above should wait for the request to finsh, but that doesn't work for some reason
   end
 end
+
+When /^I press the aspect dropdown$/ do
+  click_aspect_dropdown
+end
+
+And /^I toggle the aspect "([^"]*)"$/ do |name|
+  toggle_aspect(name)
+end
+
+Then /^I should see "([^"]*)" aspect selected$/ do |aspect_name|
+  aspect = @me.aspects.where(:name => aspect_name).first
+  within("#aspects_list") do
+    page.should have_css "li[data-aspect_id='#{aspect.id}'] .selected"
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^I should see "([^"]*)" aspect unselected$/ do |aspect_name|
+  aspect = @me.aspects.where(:name => aspect_name).first
+  within("#aspects_list") do
+    page.should have_no_css "li[data-aspect_id='#{aspect.id}'] .selected"
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^the aspect dropdown should be visible$/ do
+  aspect_dropdown_visible?
+end

features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb

@@ -64,19 +64,6 @@ And /^I expand the publisher$/ do
  click_publisher
 end
 
-When /^I press the aspect dropdown$/ do
-  find('.dropdown .button').click
-end
-
-Then /^the aspect dropdown should be visible$/ do
-  find(:css, '.aspect_membership.dropdown.active').should be_visible
-end
-
-And /^I toggle the aspect "([^"]*)"$/ do |aspect_name|
-  aspect = @me.aspects.where(:name => aspect_name).first
-  find(".dropdown li[data-aspect_id='#{aspect.id}']").click
-end
-
 Then /^the publisher should be expanded$/ do
   find("#publisher")["class"].should_not include("closed")
 end
@@ -85,18 +72,6 @@ Then /^the text area wrapper mobile should be with attachments$/ do
   find("#publisher_textarea_wrapper")["class"].should include("with_attachments")
 end
 
-When /^I append "([^"]*)" to the publisher$/ do |stuff|
-  elem = find('#status_message_fake_text')
-  elem.native.send_keys(' ' + stuff)
-end
-
-When /^I append "([^"]*)" to the publisher mobile$/ do |stuff|
-  elem = find('#status_message_text')
-  elem.native.send_keys(' ' + stuff)
-
-  find('#status_message_text').value.should include(stuff)
-end
-
 And /^I want to mention (?:him|her) from the profile$/ do
   find('#mention_button').click
   within('#facebox') do

features/step_definitions/posts_steps.rb

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ And /^the post with text "([^"]*)" is reshared by "([^"]*)"$/ do |text, email|
   user.post(:reshare, :root_guid => root.guid, :public => true, :to => user.aspects)
 end
 
+And /^I submit the publisher$/ do
+  submit_publisher
+end
+
 When /^I click on the first block button/ do
   find(".stream_element", match: :first).hover
   find(".block_user").click
@@ -71,6 +75,14 @@ When /^I insert an extremely long status message$/ do
   write_in_publisher("I am a very interesting message " * 64)
 end
 
+When /^I append "([^"]*)" to the publisher$/ do |text|
+  append_to_publisher(text)
+end
+
+When /^I append "([^"]*)" to the publisher mobile$/ do |text|
+  append_to_publisher(text, '#status_message_text')
+end
+
 When /^I open the show page of the "([^"]*)" post$/ do |post_text|
   visit post_path_by_content(post_text)
 end

features/support/publishing_cuke_helpers.rb

@@ -3,10 +3,23 @@ module PublishingCukeHelpers
     fill_in 'status_message_fake_text', with: txt
   end
 
+  def append_to_publisher(txt, input_selector='#status_message_fake_text')
+    elem = find(input_selector)
+    elem.native.send_keys(' ' + txt)
+
+    # make sure the other text field got the new contents
+    find('#status_message_text', visible: false).value.should include(txt)
+  end
+
   def make_post(text)
-    write_in_publisher(txt)
-    find(".creation").click
-    page.should have_content text unless page.has_css? '.nsfw-shield'
+    write_in_publisher(text)
+    submit_publisher
+  end
+
+  def submit_publisher
+    txt = find('#publisher #status_message_fake_text').value
+    find('#publisher .creation').click
+    page.should have_content(txt) unless page.has_css?('.nsfw-shield')
   end
 
   def click_and_post(text)