martinottenwaelter:

> > If you’re trying to automate tests of your [SproutCore](http://sproutcore.com) application with [Selenium](http://seleniumhq.org/), for example, you’ll realise that the HTML element ids are automatically generated. They change every now and then and break all your tests. > > > > To get rid of this problem, you can override the `layerId` method of certain view classes to generate a stable, and human readable, id. > > > > The following code takes the view hierarchy, and generates an id based on the parents’ names. For example, the `mainPage.mainView.someOtherView.theTargetView` view will be given the `mmsome.theTargetView` id. > >