The step definition below lets you say:
 Then I should see a field "Password"
 But I should not see a field "Role"
Here is the step definition:
Then /^I should( not)? see a field "([^"]*)"$/ do |negate, name|
  expectation = negate ? :should_not : :should
  begin
    field = find_field(name)
  rescue Capybara::ElementNotFound
    # In Capybara 0.4+ #find_field raises an error instead of returning nil
  end
  field.send(expectation, be_present)
end
Note that you might have to adapt the step definition for older Capybaras. Unfortunately the Capybara API wasn't very stable over time.
Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2012-02-03 12:37)