Test a form text_field presence with capybara - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have the following form and I want to check if the text field is present or not. How can I do that ?
<%= form_for(ownership, remote: true) do |f| %>
<div>
<%= f.text_field :confirm, value: nil %>
<%= f.hidden_field :start_date, value: Time.now %>
</div>
<%= f.submit t('button.ownership.take.confirmation'), class: "btn btn-small"%>
<% end %>
Here my test :
describe "for not confirmed ownership" do
before do
FactoryGirl.create(:agreed_ownership, user: current_user, product: product)
be_signed_in_as(current_user)
visit current_page
end
# it { should_not have_text_field(confirm) }
it { should_not have_button(t('button.ownership.take.confirmation')) }
end

Answer 1

You'd use a has_css? expectation:
it "should have the confirm input field" do
visit current_page
expect(page).to have_css('input[type="text"]')
end
You can use additional jQuery-style selectors to filter for other attributes on the input field, too. For example, 'input[type="text"][name*="confirm"]' would select for confirm appearing in the input field's name attribute.
To set an expectation the field isn't present, you'd use to_not on your expectation: expect(page).to_not have_css('input[type="text"]')
Bonus: Here's the older, should-style syntax:
it "should have the confirm input field" do
visit current_page
page.should have_css('input[type="text"]')
end
it "shouldn't have the confirm input field" do
visit current_page
page.should_not have_css('input[type="text"]')
end