adding the EpectedCondition invisibility_of_element

py/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from selenium.common.exceptions import StaleElementReferenceException
 from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 from selenium.common.exceptions import NoAlertPresentException
+from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebElement
 
 """
  * Canned "Expected Conditions" which are generally useful within webdriver
@@ -259,11 +260,14 @@ class invisibility_of_element_located(object):
     locator used to find the element
     """
     def __init__(self, locator):
-        self.locator = locator
+        self.target = locator
 
     def __call__(self, driver):
         try:
-            return _element_if_visible(_find_element(driver, self.locator), False)
+            target = self.target
+            if not isinstance(target, WebElement):
+                target = _find_element(driver, target)
+            return _element_if_visible(target, False)
         except (NoSuchElementException, StaleElementReferenceException):
             # In the case of NoSuchElement, returns true because the element is
             # not present in DOM. The try block checks if the element is present
@@ -273,6 +277,16 @@ def __call__(self, driver):
             return True
 
 
+class invisibility_of_element(invisibility_of_element_located):
+    """ An Expectation for checking that an element is either invisible or not
+    present on the DOM.
+
+    element is either a locator (text) or an WebElement
+    """
+    def __init(self, element):
+        self.target = element
+
+
 class element_to_be_clickable(object):
     """ An Expectation for checking an element is visible and enabled such that
     you can click it."""

py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/webdriverwait_tests.py

@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ def testExpectedConditionFrameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToItByLocator(driver, pages)
     assert 'click me' == driver.find_element_by_id('alertInFrame').text
 
 
+def testExpectedConditionInvisiblityOfElement(driver, pages):
+    pages.load("javascriptPage.html")
+    target = driver.find_element_by_id('clickToHide')
+    driver.execute_script("delayedShowHide(0, true)")
+    with pytest.raises(TimeoutException):
+        WebDriverWait(driver, 0.7).until(EC.invisibility_of_element(target))
+    driver.execute_script("delayedShowHide(200, false)")
+    element = WebDriverWait(driver, 0.7).until(EC.invisibility_of_element(target))
+    assert element.is_displayed() is False
+    assert target == element
+
+
 def testExpectedConditionInvisiblityOfElementLocated(driver, pages):
     pages.load("javascriptPage.html")
     driver.execute_script("delayedShowHide(0, true)")