Is Element Displayed

Determine if an element is currently displayed

Example Usage

// Java
MobileElement element = (MobileElement) driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("SomeAccessibilityID");
boolean isDisplayed = element.isDisplayed();

# Python
self.driver.find_element_by_accessibility_id('SomeAccessibilityID').is_displayed()

// Javascript
// webdriver.io example
let isDisplayed = driver.elementIdDisplayed("~SomeAccessibilityId");



// wd example
let element = await driver.elementByAccessibilityId("SomeAccessibilityID");
let isDisplayed = await element.isDisplayed();

# Ruby
# ruby_lib example
find_element(:accessibility_id, "SomeAccessibilityID").displayed?


# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.find_element(:accessibility_id, "SomeAccessibilityID").displayed?

# PHP
$el = $this->byAccessibilityId('SomeAccessibilityID');
$isDisplayed = $el->displayed();

// C#
// TODO C# sample

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.2+ All All
Mac Mac ?+ 1.6.4+ All
Windows Windows 10+ 1.6.0+ All

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All seleniumhq.github.io
Python All selenium-python.readthedocs.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
PHP All github.com
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

GET /wd/hub/session/:session_id/element/:element_id/displayed

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to
element_id ID of the element to check if it is displayed

JSON Parameters

None

Response

Whether the element is displayed (boolean)

See Also