I am working on automation framework and i want to know when to use isDisplayed with selenium in Java
Use isDisplayed() to verify whether an element is visible on a webpage.
If you need to perform an action such as click() on an element, you can first check whether the element exists and is visible using isDisplayed().This check is especially useful when running tests across multiple environments, where an element might only be displayed in specific environments.
Using isDisplayed() together with findElements() helps execute the script safely without throwing exceptions when the element is not found.
Example Usage:
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); // For Selenium 4.3 or later
List<WebElement> list = driver.findElements(By.xpath(“//a”));
if (!list.isEmpty() && list.get(0).isDisplayed()) {
list.get(0).click();
}