I don't believe both method is doing same Job, because .present check whether a particular element is over showed by other elements.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM, 'John Fitisoff' via Watir General < watir-general@googlegroups.com> wrote: > try .present? instead > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Raja gopalan <rajagopalanib...@gmail.com> > *To:* watir-general@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:52 AM > *Subject:* [wtr-general] Exist method is needed while I use visible > method, Can it be avoided? > > I find I couldn't use visible method without exists method because visible > method throws the error if element is not present. Though it seems to be > logically correct, it doesn't give the practical easiness, for an example, > > I can't write > > *If element.visible?* > > instead I need to write > > *If element.exists? and element.visible? * > > I always need to include the exists method call while I use visible method > call, So can this method be changed to return true or false according to > whether it is visible or not visible? > > -- > Rajagopalan > -- > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rajagopalan -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
