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narm24posted in #help-playwright
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narm24
narm24

I have a button that has a name property, such as <button class="MuiButtonBase-root MuiButton-root MuiButton-text jss43" tabindex="0" type="button" name="organization-dropdown"><span class="MuiButton-label"></button>

And when I use await page.getByRole("button", { name:'organization-dropdown', exact: true, }).toBeVisible()

I get a timeout and its not found When I test it in headed I can see the button exists so i am guessing that the getByRole is not working as I expect

Any help would be greatly appreciated

This thread is trying to answer question "Why is locating a button by its name property using getByRole in Playwright failing and resulting in a timeout?"

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raichlen
raichlen

I would browse to the page in Playwright Inspector and use the pick locater to let it suggest a locator for you. Might explain what is going wrong.

raichlen
raichlen

Also, I have found that sometimes .toBeVisible() returns false when I would expect it to be true.

raichlen
raichlen

I use .toHaveCount(1) instead

tphillips8117

Yeah toBeVisible() is quite specific: "Ensures that Locator points to an attached and visible DOM node." https://playwright.dev/docs/actionability#attached https://playwright.dev/docs/actionability#visible

jan.ostgren
jan.ostgren
@narm24: Name is for the label in getByRole.

Name is for the label in getByRole.

narm24
narm24

Thanks everyone

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