.findByAltText() Suggest edits

Since: 3.0.0

Search for an element on the page that has the alt attribute with a specified text.
Element can be searched by using another element as the starting point.
By default, provided text is treated as a substring, so for the 'foo' will match 'foobar' also.
If you need an exact comparison, provide the { exact: true } as the second parameter.

Usage

                    browser.element.findByAltText(text, [options])

Example

export default {
  demoTest(browser: NightwatchAPI): void {
    // Search by the substring mathing.
    const image = browser.element.findByAltText('group of people');

    // Search for the exact occurrence.
    const image = browser.element.findByAltText(
      'A group of people sitting in front of a computer.',
      { exact: true }
    );
  }
}

Parameters

Name Type description
text string
options
Optional		 [object Object]

Returns

Type description
Array.<ScopedWebElement>