Assert that a WebElement is not present using Selenium WebDriver with java
It's easier to do this:
driver.findElements(By.linkText("myLinkText")).size() < 1
I think that you can just catch org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException that will be thrown by driver.findElement if there's no such element:
import org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException;....public static void assertLinkNotPresent(WebDriver driver, String text) { try { driver.findElement(By.linkText(text)); fail("Link with text <" + text + "> is present"); } catch (NoSuchElementException ex) { /* do nothing, link is not present, assert is passed */ }}
Not Sure which version of selenium you are referring to, however some commands in selenium * can now do this:http://release.seleniumhq.org/selenium-core/0.8.0/reference.html
- assertNotSomethingSelected
- assertTextNotPresent
Etc..