Nightwatch: waitForElementVisible using xpath not working when parameters are not named

[betweenbrain]

With v1.2.1, the following will fail with the error message

//main//header[1]/form/input - expected "visible" but got: "not found"

browser.waitForElementVisible('xpath', '//main//header[1]/form/input');

However, the following code succeeds with

✔ Element was visible after 2039 milliseconds.

browser.waitForElementVisible({
  locateStrategy: 'xpath',
  selector: '//main//header[1]/form/input'
});

Your Environment:

Please include the following:

• Nightwatch version: 1.2.1
• Node.js version: 10.15.0
• OS: OS X 10.13.6
• Browser driver: chromedriver
• Browser driver version: 2.38.552518
• Selenium server version: 3.14.0

Verbose log of failing code

   → Running command: waitForElementVisible ('xpath', '//main//header[1]/form/input')
   Request POST  /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'xpath' }
   Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements (1016ms)
   { sessionId: '0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe',
     status: 0,
     value: [] }
   Request POST  /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'xpath' }
   Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements (1012ms)
   { sessionId: '0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe',
     status: 0,
     value: [] }
   Request POST  /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'xpath' }
   Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements (1012ms)
   { sessionId: '0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe',
     status: 0,
     value: [] }
   Request POST  /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'xpath' }
   Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements (1014ms)
   { sessionId: '0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe',
     status: 0,
     value: [] }
✖ //main//header[1]/form/input - expected "visible" but got: "not found"
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) 

 → Completed command waitForElementVisible ('xpath', '//main//header[1]/form/input') (5574ms)
 → Running [afterEach]:
 → Completed [afterEach].

FAILED: 1 assertions failed (11.74s)

[beatfactor]

Yes, it doesn't pick the xpath as the locating strategy, as it is clear by looking at the output:

Request POST  /wd/hub/session/0059af23f9df03127d897b001a311ffe/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'xpath' }

The problematic code is in here or here and a test can be added in test/src/api/commands/testWaitForElementVisible.js in case someone wants to give this a try.

[stale[bot]]

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[pawlakmaly]

Got similar issue. I've created a Page Object with element like
SOME_ELEMENT : { locateStrategy: 'xpath', selector: '(//div[@class=\'modal-body\']/strong)' }
When I use in code for eg .click('@SOME_ELEMENT') it works ok, but when using assert.visible it is unable to locate the element unless I use .useXpath().....

[ituradastra]

This is still an issue on nightwatch version: 1.3.4