How to use protractor to check if an element is visible?
I'm trying to test if an element is visible using protractor. Here's what the element looks like: <i class="icon-spinner icon-spin ng-hide" ng-show="saving"></i> When in the chrome console, I can use this jQuery selector to test if the element is visible: $('[ng-show=saving].icon-spin') [ <i class="icon-spinner icon-spin ng-hide" ng-show="saving"></i> ] > $('[ng-show=saving].icon-spin:visible') [] However, when I try to do the same in protractor, I get this error at runtime: InvalidElementStateError: invalid element state: Failed to execute 'querySelectorAll' on 'Document': '[ng-show