testobsessed

def login_as(user)
  raise "Was expecting a User. Got a #{user.class} instead. Exiting." if user.class != User
  @controller.request.env['warden'] = mock(
    Warden, 
    :authenticate => user, 
    :authenticate! => user,
    :authenticated? => true,
    :authenticate? => true
  )
  user.last_sign_in_at = Time.now

testobsessed

def element_visible?(element_id)

  # does the element exist?
  exists = page.has_css?(element_id)

  # is the element itself hidden with the .ui-helper-hidden class?
  self_hidden = page.has_css?("#{element_id}.ui-helper-hidden")

  # is the parent of the element hidden, thus hiding the element?
  parent_hidden = page.has_css?(".ui-helper-hidden > #{element_id}")