Given /^the following widgets should be selected for the overview page of the "(.+)" project:$/ do |project_name, table| project = Project.find_by_name(project_name) page = MyProjectsOverview.find_or_create_by_project_id(project.id) blocks = ({ "top" => "", "left" => "", "right" => "", "hidden" => "" }).merge(table.rows_hash) blocks.each { |k, v| page.send((k + "=").to_sym, v.split(",").map{|s| s.strip.downcase}) } page.save end Then /^the "(.+)" widget should be in the hidden block$/ do |widget_name| steps %{Then I should see "#{widget_name}" within "#list-hidden"} end