Behat step-definition to verify visibility (not just presence) of Drupal form elements.

example.feature

  @javascript
  Scenario: Conditional display of textfield
    Given I am on "/custon/form"
    And I select the radio button "Show foo"
    Then I should see a "Foo" textfield form element
    And  I should not see a "Bar" textfield form element

FeatureContext.php

<?php

use Behat\Behat\Context\ClosuredContextInterface,
    Behat\Behat\Context\TranslatedContextInterface,
    Behat\Behat\Context\BehatContext,
    Behat\Behat\Exception\PendingException;
use Behat\Gherkin\Node\PyStringNode,
    Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;

/**
 * Features context.
 */
class FeatureContext extends \Drupal\DrupalExtension\Context\DrupalContext {
  /**
   * Initializes context.
   * Every scenario gets it's own context object.
   *
   * @param array $parameters context parameters (set them up through behat.yml)
   */
  public function __construct(array $parameters) {
      // Initialize your context here
  }


  /**
   * Checks, that form element with specified label is visible on page.
   *
   * @Then /^(?:|I )should see an? "(?P<label>[^"]*)" form element$/
   */
  public function assertFormElementOnPage($label) {
    $element = $this->getSession()->getPage();
    $nodes = $element->findAll('css', '.form-item label');
    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
      if ($node->getText() === $label) {
        if ($node->isVisible()) {
          return;
        }
        else {
          throw new \Exception("Form item with label \"$label\" not visible.");
        }
      }
    }
    throw new \Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), 'form item', 'label', $label);
  }

  /**
   * Checks, that form element with specified label and type is visible on page.
   *
   * @Then /^(?:|I )should see an? "(?P<label>[^"]*)" (?P<type>[^"]*) form element$/
   */
  public function assertTypedFormElementOnPage($label, $type) {
    $container = $this->getSession()->getPage();
    $pattern = '/(^| )form-type-' . preg_quote($type). '($| )/';
    $label_nodes = $container->findAll('css', '.form-item label');
    foreach ($label_nodes as $label_node) {
      // Note: getText() will return an empty string when using Selenium2D. This
      // is ok since it will cause a failed step.
      if ($label_node->getText() === $label
        && preg_match($pattern, $label_node->getParent()->getAttribute('class'))
        && $label_node->isVisible()) {
        return;
      }
    }
    throw new \Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), $type . ' form item', 'label', $label);
  }

  /**
   * Checks, that element with specified CSS is not visible on page.
   *
   * @Then /^(?:|I )should not see an? "(?P<label>[^"]*)" form element$/
   */
  public function assertFormElementNotOnPage($label) {
    $element = $this->getSession()->getPage();
    $nodes = $element->findAll('css', '.form-item label');
    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
      // Note: getText() will return an empty string when using Selenium2D. This
      // is ok since it will cause a failed step.
      if ($node->getText() === $label && $node->isVisible()) {
        throw new \Exception();
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Checks, that form element with specified label and type is not visible on page.
   *
   * @Then /^(?:|I )should not see an? "(?P<label>[^"]*)" (?P<type>[^"]*) form element$/
   */
  public function assertTypedFormElementNotOnPage($label, $type) {
    $container = $this->getSession()->getPage();
    $pattern = '/(^| )form-type-' . preg_quote($type). '($| )/';
    $label_nodes = $container->findAll('css', '.form-item label');
    foreach ($label_nodes as $label_node) {
      // Note: getText() will return an empty string when using Selenium2D. This
      // is ok since it will cause a failed step.
      if ($label_node->getText() === $label
        && preg_match($pattern, $label_node->getParent()->getAttribute('class'))
        && $label_node->isVisible()) {
        throw new \Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), $type . ' form item', 'label', $label);
      }
    }
  }
}

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2014 Pierre Buyle

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Many thank yous to you! This was a huge help.

Are you using Behat\Mink\Driver\Selenium2Driver with this? For me seems like every time page content is empty, therefore none fields are available.