Assertion for an element to be displayed

[brunohaller]

Hi,

with native webdriverIO selectors, we would usually use something like

await expect(selector).toBeDisplayed()
to wait for an element to appear and assert if it does not.

What is the closest wdi5 equivalent to this?

I assume that when using asControl it is already a blocking / failing operation and it would not make sense to execute expect on the result, at least not on the control itself (only text or other attributes after successfully finding a control).

Best Regards,
Bruno

[Siolto]

To assert that a control was really found with wdi5 you can do something like this:

const button = await browser.asControl(selector);
expect(button.isInitialized()).toBeTruthy()

[brunohaller]

What exactly is isInitialized checking? Is it checking whether a control isDisplayed?