New Keyword 'Is Element Visible'

Copied from ExtendedSelenium2Library:

@keyword
    def is_element_visible(self, locator):
        """Returns element visibility identified by ``locator``.

        Arguments:
        - ``locator``: The locator to find requested element. Key attributes for
                       arbitrary elements are ``id`` and ``name``. See `introduction` for
                       details about locating elements.

        Examples:
        | Is Element Visible | css=div.class |
        """
        return self.is_visible(locator)

[pekkaklarck]

It’s easy to add this kind of Is keywords, but for consistency reasons they should be added for all/most Should keywords and I’m not sure is that worth the effort. You can already now use Run Keyword And Return Status to turn any failure into False:

${is visible} =    Run Keyword And Return Status    Element Should Be Visible    id:example

It might be possible to add some generic way to configure all SL library’s Should keywords to return status instead of failing by utilizing the dynamic API that SL nowadays uses. I could work something like this:

${is visible} =    Element Should Be Visible    id:example    return_status=True    

[johanno]

Should, raises an Error. Is Element Visible returns false instead.