Test that a CSS selector is present with Cucumber

This note describes a Cucumber step definition that lets you test whether or not a CSS selector is present on the site:

Then I should see an element "#sign_in"
But I should not see an element "#sign_out"

Here is the step definition for Capybara:

Then /^I should (not )?see an element "([^"]*)"$/ do |negate, selector|
  expectation = negate ? :should_not : :should
  page.send(expectation, have_css(selector))
end

Here is the step definition for Webrat:

Then /^I should (not )?see an element "([^"]*)"$/ do |negate, selector|
  expectation = negate ? :should_not : :should
  response.send(expectation, have_tag(selector))
end

Henning Koch

makandra.de

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Last edit

2011-06-03

Keywords

assert, element, exists

License

Source code in this card is licensed under the MIT License.

Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2010-11-03 10:44)