capybara hidden element has_content example

dynamic_show_hide_help_boxes.feature

@ignore-hidden-elements
Feature: Div help content hiding and revealing
  In order to keep help text available but neatly tucked away when not needed
  As a designer
  I want javascript to detect div.help and hide it and its contents, replacing with a link to reveal it again
  
  Background:
    #this is a rails app with a Page model and a path_to entry for visiting them in features like this (using Pickle for cucumber / machinist integration)
    Given a page exists with content: "<div class='help'>foobar</div>"
  
  
  @rack-test
  Scenario: no javascript, help is always visible
    When I go to the page
    Then I should see "foobar" within "div.help"
  

  @javascript
  Scenario: javascript should hide it
    When I go to the page
    #the next test passes
    Then the page should not match css selector "div.help"
    #but this one fails, it matches the content despite it being hidden & Capybara being told to ignore hidden elements
    Then I should not see "foobar"

hidden_elements.rb

#opt-in certain scenarios to treat hidden elements 'correctly' 
# just in case there is some reason why this isn't the global default behaviour already

Before('@ignore-hidden-elements') do
  Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements = true 
end

After('@ignore-hidden-elements') do
  Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements = false
end

stepdefs.rb

Then /^the page should match css selector "([^\"]*)"$/ do |selector|
  page.should have_css(selector)
end

Then /^the page should not match css selector "([^\"]*)"$/ do |selector|
  page.should have_no_css(selector)
end

#and from cucumber rails:
Then /^(?:|I )should see \/([^\/]*)\/(?: within "([^\"]*)")?$/ do |regexp, selector|
  regexp = Regexp.new(regexp)
  with_scope(selector) do
    if defined?(Spec::Rails::Matchers)
      page.should have_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
    else
      assert page.has_xpath?('//*', :text => regexp)
    end
  end
end

Then /^(?:|I )should not see "([^\"]*)"(?: within "([^\"]*)")?$/ do |text, selector|
  with_scope(selector) do
    if defined?(Spec::Rails::Matchers)
      page.should have_no_content(text)
    else
      assert page.has_no_content?(text)
    end
  end
end

Have you found a solution for this?

there was a long-standing ticket on capybara's issue tracker for it and various people trying to fix it, I don't know if it's still there or not, I haven't tried to use that feature for a long time.

Thanks much. Currently using one of the workarounds from that github issue but was hoping you had solved it.

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On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:04 PM, nruth < ***@***.***>wrote: there was a long-standing ticket on capybara's issue tracker for it and various people trying to fix it, I don't know if it's still there or not, I haven't tried to use that feature for a long time. ## Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/411453

Got a link to the issue?

It's been awhile but I think it was this one teamcapybara/capybara#81