I don't believe both method is doing same Job, because .present check whether a particular element is over showed by other elements.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM, 'John Fitisoff' via Watir General < [email protected]> wrote: > try .present? instead > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Raja gopalan <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:52 AM > *Subject:* [wtr-general] Exist method is needed while I use visible > method, Can it be avoided? > > I find I couldn't use visible method without exists method because visible > method throws the error if element is not present. Though it seems to be > logically correct, it doesn't give the practical easiness, for an example, > > I can't write > > *If element.visible?* > > instead I need to write > > *If element.exists? and element.visible? * > > I always need to include the exists method call while I use visible method > call, So can this method be changed to return true or false according to > whether it is visible or not visible? > > -- > Rajagopalan > -- > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rajagopalan -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
