Identifying if an element is present or not using selenium

Question

I have a SAVE button which is active only if I do some changes and then trying to save it. Otherwise its disabled.

This is the html for that button:

<button id="customize-site-save" class="button button--primary" data-ng-class="ButtonController.getCssClasses()" type="button" data-disable-on-call="" data-ng-disabled="PlatformCustomizeSiteController.customizeSiteForm.$pristine" data-ng-click="DisableOnCallController.actionEnabled() && (PlatformCustomizeSiteController.save())" translate-keep-content="true" disabled="disabled">

In this HTML, the disabled tag is only active when the button is disabled. How can I check that disabled is active or not?

This is my x path .//*[@id='customize-site-save'] for the button.

I just want to press the button if there is no disabled tag in the html.

Answer 1

Can you try if following workaround works for you?

        IWebElement btnEnabled = driver.FindElement(By.Id("customize-site-save"));
        IWebElement buttonDisabled = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("button[disabled ='disabled']"));

        bool btnStatus = IsElementPresent(buttonDisabled);
        if (btnStatus== false)
        {
            btnEnabled.Click();
        }


 public bool IsElementPresent(IWebelement element)
    {
        try
        {
          driver.FindElement(element);
            return true;
        }
        catch (NoSuchElementException)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

Answer 2

Use the PageObject Pattern with FindBy Annotation

WebDriverWait webDriverWait = new WebDriverWait(webDriver,timeOutInSeconds,pollingInterval);

FindBy(id = "customize-site-save")
WebElement saveButton;

public saveWhenReady() {
    return webDriverWait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(saveButton)).click();
}

If you initialise you waits to your QoS requirements, this will only report a fail only if the button does not appear in time.