inputs of type hidden should not be visisble

lib/capybara/node/simple.rb

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ module Capybara
       # @return [Boolean]     Whether the element is visible
       #
       def visible?(check_ancestors = true)
+        return false if (tag_name == 'input') && (native[:type]=="hidden")
+
         if check_ancestors
           #check size because oldest supported nokogiri doesnt support xpath boolean() function
           native.xpath("./ancestor-or-self::*[contains(@style, 'display:none') or contains(@style, 'display: none') or @hidden or name()='script' or name()='head']").size() == 0

lib/capybara/spec/session/node_spec.rb

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec "node" do
       expect(@session.find('//div[@id="hidden_via_ancestor"]')).not_to be_visible
       expect(@session.find('//div[@id="hidden_attr"]')).not_to be_visible
       expect(@session.find('//a[@id="hidden_attr_via_ancestor"]')).not_to be_visible
+      expect(@session.find('//input[@id="hidden_input"]')).not_to be_visible
     end
 
     it "should be boolean" do

lib/capybara/spec/views/with_html.erb

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ banana</textarea>
 </div>
 
 <input type="text" disabled="disabled" name="disabled_text" value="This is disabled"/>
+<input type="hidden" id="hidden_input" name="hidden_input" value="This is a hidden input"/>
 
 <div>
   <a id="link_placeholder">No href</a>