[Wtr-general] How to verify if SPAN is visible

[Nathan Christie]

I've found that Watir doesn't have as much power or control as I desire. I frequently use the Watir method `.getOLEObject()`. Then you have unfettered access to object and the entire [D]HTML DOM methods.

‹title›test‹/title›
‹td›‹input type="password" id="MainLogin_Password" 
name="MainLogin$Password"/›‹span style="color: Red; visibility: hidden;" 
title="Password is required." id="MainLogin_PasswordRequired"›* Required‹/span›‹/td›

The method to verify an object's visibility (CSS style-type) could be called like this:

‹code›
...
ie = IE.attach( :title, "test" )
mySpan = ie.span( :id, "MainLogin_PasswordRequired" )
mySpan.getOLEObject().style().visibility()
...
‹/code›

Sometimes it is useful to access the object directly, as Watir does not wrap everything the DOM offers that one might need.

A good reference for what true power one actually has over the DHTML DOM can be found here:
http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/default.asp
It seems like there are a fair amount of adverts on the site, but the content is exceptional. Generally, just ignore the bottom of the page :)

Let me know if I can be of any more assistance.

—›Nathan Christie
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