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LocatorAssertions

The LocatorAssertions class provides assertion methods that can be used to make assertions about the Locator state in the tests.

from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect

def test_status_becomes_submitted(page: Page) -> None:
    # ..
    page.get_by_role("button").click()
    expect(page.locator(".status")).to_have_text("Submitted")

Methods​

not_to_be_attached​

Added in: v1.33 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_attached

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_attached().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_attached()
expect(locator).not_to_be_attached(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • attached bool (optional)#

  • timeout float (optional)#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_checked​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_checked

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_checked().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_checked()
expect(locator).not_to_be_checked(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_disabled​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_disabled

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_disabled().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_disabled()
expect(locator).not_to_be_disabled(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_editable​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_editable

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_editable().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_editable()
expect(locator).not_to_be_editable(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • editable bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_empty​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_empty

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_empty().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_empty()
expect(locator).not_to_be_empty(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_enabled​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_enabled

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_enabled().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_enabled()
expect(locator).not_to_be_enabled(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • enabled bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_focused​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_focused

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_focused().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_focused()
expect(locator).not_to_be_focused(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_hidden​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_hidden

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_hidden().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_hidden()
expect(locator).not_to_be_hidden(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_in_viewport​

Added in: v1.31 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_in_viewport

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_in_viewport().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_in_viewport()
expect(locator).not_to_be_in_viewport(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • ratio float (optional)#

  • timeout float (optional)#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_be_visible​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_be_visible

The opposite of expect(locator).to_be_visible().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_be_visible()
expect(locator).not_to_be_visible(**kwargs)

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • visible bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

Returns

not_to_contain_text​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_contain_text

The opposite of expect(locator).to_contain_text().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_contain_text(expected)
expect(locator).not_to_contain_text(expected, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • expected str|Pattern|List[str]|List[Pattern]|List[str|Pattern] Added in: v1.18#

    Expected substring or RegExp or a list of those.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.23#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • use_inner_text bool (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Whether to use element.innerText instead of element.textContent when retrieving DOM node text.

Returns

not_to_have_attribute​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_attribute

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_attribute().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_attribute(name, value)
expect(locator).not_to_have_attribute(name, value, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    Attribute name.

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Expected attribute value.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.40#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_class​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_class

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_class().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_class(expected)
expect(locator).not_to_have_class(expected, **kwargs)

Arguments

Returns

not_to_have_count​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_count

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_count().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_count(count)
expect(locator).not_to_have_count(count, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • count int Added in: v1.18#

    Expected count.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_css​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_css

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_css().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_css(name, value)
expect(locator).not_to_have_css(name, value, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    CSS property name.

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    CSS property value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_id​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_id

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_id().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_id(id)
expect(locator).not_to_have_id(id, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • id str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Element id.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_js_property​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_js_property

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_js_property().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_js_property(name, value)
expect(locator).not_to_have_js_property(name, value, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    Property name.

  • value Any Added in: v1.18#

    Property value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_text​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_text

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_text().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_text(expected)
expect(locator).not_to_have_text(expected, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • expected str|Pattern|List[str]|List[Pattern]|List[str|Pattern] Added in: v1.18#

    Expected string or RegExp or a list of those.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.23#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • use_inner_text bool (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Whether to use element.innerText instead of element.textContent when retrieving DOM node text.

Returns

not_to_have_value​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_value

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_value().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_value(value)
expect(locator).not_to_have_value(value, **kwargs)

Arguments

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Expected value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

not_to_have_values​

Added in: v1.23 locatorAssertions.not_to_have_values

The opposite of expect(locator).to_have_values().

Usage

expect(locator).not_to_have_values(values)
expect(locator).not_to_have_values(values, **kwargs)

Arguments

Returns

to_be_attached​

Added in: v1.33 locatorAssertions.to_be_attached

Ensures that Locator points to an element that is connected to a Document or a ShadowRoot.

Usage

expect(page.get_by_text("Hidden text")).to_be_attached()

Arguments

  • attached bool (optional)#

  • timeout float (optional)#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_checked​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_checked

Ensures the Locator points to a checked input.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_label("Subscribe to newsletter")
expect(locator).to_be_checked()

Arguments

  • checked bool (optional) Added in: v1.18#

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_disabled​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_disabled

Ensures the Locator points to a disabled element. Element is disabled if it has "disabled" attribute or is disabled via 'aria-disabled'. Note that only native control elements such as HTML button, input, select, textarea, option, optgroup can be disabled by setting "disabled" attribute. "disabled" attribute on other elements is ignored by the browser.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("button.submit")
expect(locator).to_be_disabled()

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_editable​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_editable

Ensures the Locator points to an editable element.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_role("textbox")
expect(locator).to_be_editable()

Arguments

  • editable bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_empty​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_empty

Ensures the Locator points to an empty editable element or to a DOM node that has no text.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("div.warning")
expect(locator).to_be_empty()

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_enabled​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_enabled

Ensures the Locator points to an enabled element.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("button.submit")
expect(locator).to_be_enabled()

Arguments

  • enabled bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_focused​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_focused

Ensures the Locator points to a focused DOM node.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_role("textbox")
expect(locator).to_be_focused()

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_hidden​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_hidden

Ensures that Locator either does not resolve to any DOM node, or resolves to a non-visible one.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator('.my-element')
expect(locator).to_be_hidden()

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_in_viewport​

Added in: v1.31 locatorAssertions.to_be_in_viewport

Ensures the Locator points to an element that intersects viewport, according to the intersection observer API.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_role("button")
# Make sure at least some part of element intersects viewport.
expect(locator).to_be_in_viewport()
# Make sure element is fully outside of viewport.
expect(locator).not_to_be_in_viewport()
# Make sure that at least half of the element intersects viewport.
expect(locator).to_be_in_viewport(ratio=0.5)

Arguments

  • ratio float (optional)#

    The minimal ratio of the element to intersect viewport. If equals to 0, then element should intersect viewport at any positive ratio. Defaults to 0.

  • timeout float (optional)#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_be_visible​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_be_visible

Ensures that Locator points to an attached and visible DOM node.

To check that at least one element from the list is visible, use locator.first.

Usage

# A specific element is visible.
expect(page.get_by_text("Welcome")).to_be_visible()

# At least one item in the list is visible.
expect(page.get_by_test_id("todo-item").first).to_be_visible()

# At least one of the two elements is visible, possibly both.
expect(
    page.get_by_role("button", name="Sign in")
    .or_(page.get_by_role("button", name="Sign up"))
    .first
).to_be_visible()

Arguments

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • visible bool (optional) Added in: v1.26#

Returns

to_contain_text​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_contain_text

Ensures the Locator points to an element that contains the given text. All nested elements will be considered when computing the text content of the element. You can use regular expressions for the value as well.

Usage

import re
from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator('.title')
expect(locator).to_contain_text("substring")
expect(locator).to_contain_text(re.compile(r"\d messages"))

If you pass an array as an expected value, the expectations are:

  1. Locator resolves to a list of elements.
  2. Elements from a subset of this list contain text from the expected array, respectively.
  3. The matching subset of elements has the same order as the expected array.
  4. Each text value from the expected array is matched by some element from the list.

For example, consider the following list:

<ul>
  <li>Item Text 1</li>
  <li>Item Text 2</li>
  <li>Item Text 3</li>
</ul>

Let's see how we can use the assertion:

from playwright.sync_api import expect

# ✓ Contains the right items in the right order
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_contain_text(["Text 1", "Text 3", "Text 4"])

# ✖ Wrong order
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_contain_text(["Text 3", "Text 2"])

# ✖ No item contains this text
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_contain_text(["Some 33"])

# ✖ Locator points to the outer list element, not to the list items
expect(page.locator("ul")).to_contain_text(["Text 3"])

Arguments

  • expected str|Pattern|List[str]|List[Pattern]|List[str|Pattern] Added in: v1.18#

    Expected substring or RegExp or a list of those.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.23#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • use_inner_text bool (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Whether to use element.innerText instead of element.textContent when retrieving DOM node text.

Returns

Details

When expected parameter is a string, Playwright will normalize whitespaces and line breaks both in the actual text and in the expected string before matching. When regular expression is used, the actual text is matched as is.

to_have_attribute​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_attribute

Ensures the Locator points to an element with given attribute.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("input")
expect(locator).to_have_attribute("type", "text")

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    Attribute name.

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Expected attribute value.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.40#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_class​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_class

Ensures the Locator points to an element with given CSS classes. This needs to be a full match or using a relaxed regular expression.

Usage

<div class='selected row' id='component'></div>
from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("#component")
expect(locator).to_have_class(re.compile(r"selected"))
expect(locator).to_have_class("selected row")

Note that if array is passed as an expected value, entire lists of elements can be asserted:

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("list > .component")
expect(locator).to_have_class(["component", "component selected", "component"])

Arguments

Returns

to_have_count​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_count

Ensures the Locator resolves to an exact number of DOM nodes.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("list > .component")
expect(locator).to_have_count(3)

Arguments

  • count int Added in: v1.18#

    Expected count.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_css​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_css

Ensures the Locator resolves to an element with the given computed CSS style.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_role("button")
expect(locator).to_have_css("display", "flex")

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    CSS property name.

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    CSS property value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_id​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_id

Ensures the Locator points to an element with the given DOM Node ID.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.get_by_role("textbox")
expect(locator).to_have_id("lastname")

Arguments

  • id str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Element id.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_js_property​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_js_property

Ensures the Locator points to an element with given JavaScript property. Note that this property can be of a primitive type as well as a plain serializable JavaScript object.

Usage

from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator(".component")
expect(locator).to_have_js_property("loaded", True)

Arguments

  • name str Added in: v1.18#

    Property name.

  • value Any Added in: v1.18#

    Property value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_text​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_text

Ensures the Locator points to an element with the given text. All nested elements will be considered when computing the text content of the element. You can use regular expressions for the value as well.

Usage

import re
from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator(".title")
expect(locator).to_have_text(re.compile(r"Welcome, Test User"))
expect(locator).to_have_text(re.compile(r"Welcome, .*"))

If you pass an array as an expected value, the expectations are:

  1. Locator resolves to a list of elements.
  2. The number of elements equals the number of expected values in the array.
  3. Elements from the list have text matching expected array values, one by one, in order.

For example, consider the following list:

<ul>
  <li>Text 1</li>
  <li>Text 2</li>
  <li>Text 3</li>
</ul>

Let's see how we can use the assertion:

from playwright.sync_api import expect

# ✓ Has the right items in the right order
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_have_text(["Text 1", "Text 2", "Text 3"])

# ✖ Wrong order
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_have_text(["Text 3", "Text 2", "Text 1"])

# ✖ Last item does not match
expect(page.locator("ul > li")).to_have_text(["Text 1", "Text 2", "Text"])

# ✖ Locator points to the outer list element, not to the list items
expect(page.locator("ul")).to_have_text(["Text 1", "Text 2", "Text 3"])

Arguments

  • expected str|Pattern|List[str]|List[Pattern]|List[str|Pattern] Added in: v1.18#

    Expected string or RegExp or a list of those.

  • ignore_case bool (optional) Added in: v1.23#

    Whether to perform case-insensitive match. ignore_case option takes precedence over the corresponding regular expression flag if specified.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

  • use_inner_text bool (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Whether to use element.innerText instead of element.textContent when retrieving DOM node text.

Returns

Details

When expected parameter is a string, Playwright will normalize whitespaces and line breaks both in the actual text and in the expected string before matching. When regular expression is used, the actual text is matched as is.

to_have_value​

Added in: v1.20 locatorAssertions.to_have_value

Ensures the Locator points to an element with the given input value. You can use regular expressions for the value as well.

Usage

import re
from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("input[type=number]")
expect(locator).to_have_value(re.compile(r"[0-9]"))

Arguments

  • value str|Pattern Added in: v1.18#

    Expected value.

  • timeout float (optional) Added in: v1.18#

    Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.

Returns

to_have_values​

Added in: v1.23 locatorAssertions.to_have_values

Ensures the Locator points to multi-select/combobox (i.e. a select with the multiple attribute) and the specified values are selected.

Usage

For example, given the following element:

<select id="favorite-colors" multiple>
  <option value="R">Red</option>
  <option value="G">Green</option>
  <option value="B">Blue</option>
</select>
import re
from playwright.sync_api import expect

locator = page.locator("id=favorite-colors")
locator.select_option(["R", "G"])
expect(locator).to_have_values([re.compile(r"R"), re.compile(r"G")])

Arguments

Returns