Returns true or false based on whether the DOM has any child nodes

The command hasDescendants() will automatically wait for the element to be present (until the specified timeout). If the element is not found, an error is thrown which will cause the test to fail. You can suppress element not found errors by specifying the selector argument as an object and passing the suppressNotFoundErrors = true option.

For more info on working with DOM elements in Nightwatch, refer to the Finding & interacting with DOM Elements guide page.

Usage

                    browser.hasDescendants(selector, [callback])
                
                    browser.hasDescendants(selector)
                

Example

module.exports = {
 'demo Test': function(browser) {
    const result = await browser.hasDescendants('.features-container');

    console.log('true or false:', result);
  },

Parameters

Name Type description
using
Optional
string

The locator strategy to use. See W3C Webdriver - locator strategies

selector string | object

The selector (CSS/Xpath) used to locate the element. Can either be a string or an object which specifies element properties.

callback function

Callback function which is called with the result value.