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nb_autoTester
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9 years ago
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Need a clever way to determine if an object is still visible on the screen

During my automation, I have a small popup that I have to select some radio buttons on and then an OK button that I need to click, but occasionally when I click it the click does not register, so I n...
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    Ravik
    9 years ago

    try multiple attributes and value in xpath like - Class/type, value, id, name etc., which is unique identifier for your object.

     

    Sample xpath for button - ("//input[@name='ok'][@type='button'][@id = 'sub1']")

     

     

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chrisb
Regular Contributor
9 years ago

Exists isnt a good check of whether the object is visible. The object may well exist and not be visible to user. Exists just means the object is in Test Completes object tree. Try the VisibleOnScreen property and write logic to use the true / false value of this property to determine if the object is displayed to user.

FYI, Visible is not a true indicator as to whether user can see the object. If VisibleOnScreen gives false positives then perhaps you can check the dimensions of the object (height / width), they should indicate when the object is not visible to user. I think VisibleOnScreen will work for you though if you check the value of that property and use it to determine if the object is displayed to user.