microsoft / microsoft/playwright
[Feature] Add global setting to make getByText default to exact: true
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Description
[The default behaviour in Testing Library is `{ exact: true }`](https://testing-library.com/docs/queries/bytext), while Playwright defaults to `{ exact: false }`.
Naturally this is bound to catch people out. It would be useful to have at least a global setting to change the default to `{ exact: true }`.
See also https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/discussions/18239
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the getByText implementation and the linked Testing Library documentation, then read the related Playwright discussion for prior design context. Done means Playwright provides a global setting that makes getByText default to exact: true without requiring the option on every call.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- playwright, typescript
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100