Robot Framework If element is visible execute a keyword

Question

I have a page that may and may not contain a certain element that will affect all the xpaths.

I need to run a "Run Keyword If" to identify if this element exists and if so to execute another keyword.

I tried to set the "Page Should Contain Element" and "Element Should Be Visible" as variables and pass it in the If statement but it only return None.

What can I use to identify an element in a page?

Bruno Bossola · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-03 17:47:14Z

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I experienced the same issue, I use this solution:

${present}=  Run Keyword And Return Status    Element Should Be Visible   id=my-element
Run Keyword If    ${present}    My Cool Keyword

edited Dec 3, 2015 at 17:47

answered Oct 29, 2015 at 15:12

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Marius Gedminas Over a year ago

One (relatively minor) downside to this solution is that it runs the run-on-failure hook which is 'Capture Page Screenshot' by default, wasting time and disk space.

Alex Kolo Over a year ago

@MariusGedminas, so do you have another solution?

Marius Gedminas Over a year ago

I use this solution, but I wrap it with ${fail keyword}= Register keyword to run on failure No operation and Register keyword to run on failure ${fail keyword}.

Melwyn Jensen Over a year ago

@MariusGedminas bit confused how the wrapping would work, so what you would have done is - ${fail keyword}= Register keyword to run on failure No operation ${present}= Run Keyword And Return Status Element Should Be Visible id=my-element Run Keyword If ${present} My Cool Keyword Register keyword to run on failure ${fail keyword}, is this right?

Julien LM Over a year ago

Is it possible to do it in one line? Like IF KeywordReturningElementStatus My Cool Keyword *** Keyword *** KeywordReturningElementStatus ${status}= Run Keyword And Return Status Element Should Be Visible id=my-element [Return] ${status}

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Bence Kaulics · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 12:59:32Z

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I had similar situation and I used the script below:

${IsElementVisible}=  Run Keyword And Return Status    Element Should Be Visible   ${Element1}
Run Keyword If    ${IsElementVisible}  MyCase1  ELSE  Click Element  ${Element2}

edited Nov 28, 2018 at 12:59

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MarkHu · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-30 21:36:35Z

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Here's a faster and less wordy alternative:

${c} =   Get Element Count   ${locator}
Run Keyword If   ${c}>0    Call Your Keyword Here

answered Dec 30, 2019 at 21:36

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Michal Filip Over a year ago

But this won't check visibility, only presence in the DOM, right?

MarkHu Over a year ago

Right-o, YMMV... ;)

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