The transporter verifies that the item is empty.

Question

<div id='messagesDiv'></div>

I want to check that this div element is empty.

 var messagesDiv = element(by.id('messagesDiv')); expect(messagesDiv).to... 

How do I achieve this?

Answer 1

I think:

 expect(messagesDiv.getText()).toBe(''); 

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Answer 2

Try

 expect (messagesDiv.text).toBe('') 

Answer 3

expect(messagesDiv.getText()).toMatch(/^\s*$/); will handle spaces, tabs, line breaks, etc. that HTML treats as empty, but may actually not be in raw HTML.