A cucumber/capybara step to test the order of elements in a list

order_test_steps.rb

Then /^I should see each item listed in alphabetical order in the items section$/ do
  @items.each_with_index do |item, index|
    find(:xpath, "//*[@id='items']/ul[@class='items']/li[#{index+1}]").inspect.should eq(find("li#item-#{item.friendly_id}").inspect)
    @item = item
    step "I should see the item listed in the items section"
  end
end

Then /^I should( not)? see the item listed in the items section$/ do |negation|
  assertion = negation ? :should_not : :should
  selector = "a[href='#{item_path(@item)}']"
  within(:css, "#items") do
    page.send(assertion, have_selector(selector))
    if !negation
      find(selector).should have_content(@item.name)
    end
  end
end