Allow interaction with invisible elements

lib/capybara/driver/webkit/node.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 class Capybara::Driver::Webkit
   class Node < Capybara::Driver::Node
-
-    class ElementNotDisplayedError < StandardError
-    end
-
     NBSP = "\xC2\xA0"
     NBSP.force_encoding("UTF-8") if NBSP.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
 
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@ class Capybara::Driver::Webkit
     end
 
     def select_option
-      check_visibility(self)
       invoke "selectOption"
     end
 
@@ -47,13 +42,10 @@ class Capybara::Driver::Webkit
     end
 
     def click
-      check_visibility(self)
       invoke "click"
     end
 
     def drag_to(element)
-      check_visibility(self)
-      check_visibility(element)
       invoke 'dragTo', element.native
     end
 
@@ -122,9 +114,5 @@ class Capybara::Driver::Webkit
     def multiple_select?
       self.tag_name == "select" && self["multiple"] == "multiple"
     end
-
-    def check_visibility(element)
-      raise(ElementNotDisplayedError, "This element is not visible so it may not be interacted with") unless element.visible?
-    end
   end
 end

spec/driver_spec.rb

@@ -713,13 +713,10 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
             <div id="change">Change me</div>
             <div id="mouseup">Push me</div>
             <div id="mousedown">Release me</div>
-            <div id="invisible-mouseup" style="display:none;">You can't push me</div>
-            <div id="invisible-mousedown" style="display:none;">You can't release me</div>
             <form action="/" method="GET">
               <select id="change_select" name="change_select">
                 <option value="1" id="option-1" selected="selected">one</option>
                 <option value="2" id="option-2">two</option>
-                <option value="2" id="invisible-option" style="display:none;">three</option>
               </select>
             </form>
             <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -741,7 +738,6 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
                 });
             </script>
             <a href="/next">Next</a>
-            <a href="/next" id="hidden" style="display:none;">Not displayed</a>
           </body></html>
         HTML
         [200,
@@ -750,7 +746,7 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
       end
     end
 
-    it "clicks a visible element" do
+    it "clicks an element" do
       subject.find("//a").first.click
       subject.current_url =~ %r{/next$}
     end
@@ -782,39 +778,6 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
 
       subject.find("//*[@class='triggered']").size.should == 1
     end
-
-    context "raises error when" do
-      it "tries to click an invisible element" do
-        expect {
-          subject.find("//*[@id='hidden']").first.click
-        }.to raise_error(Capybara::Driver::Webkit::Node::ElementNotDisplayedError)
-      end
-
-      it "tries to drag an invisible element to a visible one" do
-        draggable = subject.find("//*[@id='invisible-mousedown']").first
-        container = subject.find("//*[@id='mouseup']").first
-
-        expect {
-          draggable.drag_to(container)
-        }.to raise_error(Capybara::Driver::Webkit::Node::ElementNotDisplayedError)
-      end
-
-      it "tries to drag a visible element to an invisible one" do
-        draggable = subject.find("//*[@id='mousedown']").first
-        container = subject.find("//*[@id='invisible-mouseup']").first
-
-        expect {
-          draggable.drag_to(container)
-        }.to raise_error(Capybara::Driver::Webkit::Node::ElementNotDisplayedError)
-      end
-
-      it "tries to select an invisible option" do
-        option = subject.find("//option[@id='invisible-option']").first
-        expect {
-          option.select_option
-        }.to raise_error(Capybara::Driver::Webkit::Node::ElementNotDisplayedError)
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   context "nesting app" do