I have an error:

TypeError: element.isDisplayed is not a function

When executing the following code:

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),
  By = webdriver.By,
  until = webdriver.until;

var driver = new webdriver.Builder()
  .forBrowser('chrome')
  .usingServer('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub')
  .build();

driver.get('');
driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(By.id('someButton')), 5000);

This is on my local machine using and kicking off a server with:

webdriver-manager start

My spec:

Mac oSX Sierra 10.12.6

Chrome v60

The site I'm developing on is using AJAX to load pages to this could make a difference?

I have an error:

TypeError: element.isDisplayed is not a function

When executing the following code:

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),
  By = webdriver.By,
  until = webdriver.until;

var driver = new webdriver.Builder()
  .forBrowser('chrome')
  .usingServer('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub')
  .build();

driver.get('https://www.test.');
driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(By.id('someButton')), 5000);

This is on my local machine using https://www.npmjs./package/selenium-webdriver and kicking off a server with:

webdriver-manager start

My spec:

Mac oSX Sierra 10.12.6

Chrome v60

The site I'm developing on is using AJAX to load pages to this could make a difference?

• javascript
• jquery
• ajax
• selenium
• selenium-webdriver

• 1 There is a issue with some version of selenium webdriver, safari driver. Could you test with Safari 9.1 – Gaurang Shah Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 10:07
• Which Selenium binding are you using? Java? – undetected Selenium Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 10:22
• I tested with Safari 10.1.2 and Firefox 54.0.1 and am getting the same error. – Christopher Grigg Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 14:17
• I'm using npmjs./package/webdriver-manager and this worked out of the box – Christopher Grigg Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 14:19
• You haven't specified what language you are using (should be added as a tag) and haven't responded to a request for that info so it's hard to tell. If I were to guess, it's likely that you are using the wrong syntax in the last line. There should be a reference to ExpectedConditions in there somewhere. Look at some wait sample code in your language and follow those examples. – JeffC Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 14:20

1 Answer 1

Problem

until.elementIsVisible(..) needs a WebElement an not a Locator as a Argument.

Solution

Writing

driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(driver.findElement(By.id('someButton'))), 5000);

instead of

driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(By.id('someButton')), 5000);

will solve the Problem.

More Infos

http://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/javascript/module/selenium-webdriver/lib/until.html https://github./SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/2935