That's exactly my need thanks! On Mar 25, 2017 12:28 AM, "Titus Fortner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> #present? is literally making a #visible? call and rescuing the exception > if the element is not present, so it is exactly what you are looking for if > you want to check if an element is both in the DOM and displayed on the > page. I rarely have occasion to use #visible? since #present? is almost > always the better option. > > https://github.com/watir/watir/blob/master/lib/watir/ > elements/element.rb#L392-L396 > > > > On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12:03:36 PM UTC-5, Raja gopalan wrote: >> >> 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. > -- -- 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.
