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cy.get("h2").contains("My page") doesn't work. Other methods yes!
See original GitHub issueCurrent behavior:
The first method doesn’t work at all! Never. And I don’t understand why from the docs.
Desired behavior:
I think the 4 methods below are the same, right? I also read this: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1805
Steps to reproduce:
- cy.get("h2").contains("My page"); // Doesn't work! Never! Why?
- cy.get("#root > div > div > div.col-md-10 > div > div.d-flex > h2").contains("My page"); // Works!
- cy.contains("h2", "My page"); // Works!
- cy.get("h2").should("contain", "My page"); // Works!
Versions
- Cypress 3.0.1
- Chrome 67
Issue Analytics
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- Created 5 years ago
- Comments:9 (6 by maintainers)
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Unfortunately is not on the public internet!
And it is a mess to reproduce exactly it.
But the question is why every time (100 times!) the methods are working and the first one no!?
Unfortunately we have to close this issue as there is not enough information to reproduce the problem.
Please comment in this issue with a reproducible example and we will reopen the issue. 🙏