made test helpers more cross browser compatible

tests/frontend/helper.js

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 var testHelper = {};
 
 (function(){
-	var $iframeContainer = $("#iframe-container"), $iframe;
+  var $iframeContainer, $iframe;
+
+  testHelper.init = function(){
+    $iframeContainer = $("#iframe-container");
+  }
 
   testHelper.randomString = function randomString(len)
   {
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ var testHelper = {};
 
   testHelper.newPad = function(cb){
     var padName = "FRONTEND_TEST_" + testHelper.randomString(20);
-    $iframe = $("<iframe src='/p/" + padName + "'></iframe>")
+    $iframe = $("<iframe src='/p/" + padName + "'></iframe>");
 
     $iframeContainer.empty().append($iframe);
 
@@ -49,27 +53,42 @@ var testHelper = {};
   }
 
   testHelper.$getPadChrome = function(){
-		return $iframe.contents()
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
   }
 
   testHelper.$getPadOuter = function(){
-		return testHelper.$getPadChrome().find('iframe.[name="ace_outer"]').contents();
+    var $iframe = testHelper.$getPadChrome().find('iframe.[name="ace_outer"]');
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
   }
 
   testHelper.$getPadInner = function(){
-    return testHelper.$getPadOuter().find('iframe.[name="ace_inner"]').contents();
+    var $iframe = testHelper.$getPadOuter().find('iframe.[name="ace_inner"]');
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
   }
 
   // copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/985272/jquery-selecting-text-in-an-element-akin-to-highlighting-with-your-mouse
-	testHelper.selectText = function(element){
-    var doc = document, range, selection;
+  // selects the whole dom element you give it
+  testHelper.selectText = function(element, $iframe){
+    var doc = $iframe[0], win = $iframe.window, range, selection;
 
     if (doc.body.createTextRange) { //ms
         range = doc.body.createTextRange();
         range.moveToElementText(element);
         range.select();
-    } else if (window.getSelection) { //all others
-        selection = window.getSelection();        
+    } else if (win.getSelection) { //all others
+        selection = win.getSelection();        
         range = doc.createRange();
         range.selectNodeContents(element);
         selection.removeAllRanges();

tests/frontend/lib/mocha.js

@@ -4856,8 +4856,8 @@ process.on = function(e, fn){
     var options = mocha.options;
     mocha.globals('location');
 
-    var query = Mocha.utils.parseQuery(window.location.search || '');
-    if (query.grep) mocha.grep(query.grep);
+    //var query = Mocha.utils.parseQuery(window.location.search || '');
+    //if (query.grep) mocha.grep(query.grep);
 
     return Mocha.prototype.run.call(mocha, function(){
       Mocha.utils.highlightTags('code');

tests/frontend/runner.js

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-(function(){
-	//allow iframe access
+$(function(){
+  //allow cross iframe access
   document.domain = document.domain;
 
-  //start test framework
+  //initalize the test helper
+  testHelper.init();
+
+  //configure and start the test framework
+  mocha.ignoreLeaks();
 	mocha.run();
-})()
+});

tests/frontend/specs/button_bold.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe("bold button", function(){
     var firstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
     
     //select this text element
-    testHelper.selectText(firstTextElement[0]);
+    testHelper.selectText(firstTextElement[0], $inner);
 
     //get the bold button and click it
     var $boldButton = testHelper.$getPadChrome().find(".buttonicon-bold");