feat: Implement tap() method for instance manipulation
#166
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Problem
Pest Plugin Browser currently doesn’t provide a straightforward way to extend the Webpage class with custom, test-specific behaviours.
For example, consider the need to apply padding to an element before taking a screenshot. Right now, this requires verbose and repetitive
script()calls in every test:This quickly becomes unwieldy across multiple tests.
Unlike Laravel Dusk (which supports macros on the
Browserclass), there's no current mechanism in Pest Plugin Browser to extendWebpage's behaviour locally.Proposed Solution
This PR introduces a
tap()method to theWebpageclass, enabling users to perform inline actions on the current page context - without breaking the fluent chain.This unlocks clean, composable test logic. For example:
Here's how the helper might look in
Pest.php: