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find

Get the descendent DOM elements of a specific selector.

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The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how .find() works in jQuery.

Syntax​

.find(selector)
.find(selector, options)

Usage​

Correct Usage

cy.get('.article').find('footer') // Yield 'footer' within '.article'

Incorrect Usage

cy.find('.progress') // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.exec('node start').find() // Errors, 'exec' does not yield DOM element

Arguments​

selector (String selector)

A selector used to filter matching descendent DOM elements.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .find().

OptionDefaultDescription
logtrueDisplays the command in the Command log
timeoutdefaultCommandTimeoutTime to wait for .find() to resolve before timing out
includeShadowDomincludeShadowDom config option valueWhether to traverse shadow DOM boundaries and include elements within the shadow DOM in the yielded results.

Yields ​

  • .find() yields the new DOM element(s) it found.
  • .find() is a query, and it is safe to chain further commands.

Examples​

Selector​

Get li's within parent​

<ul id="parent">
<li class="first"></li>
<li class="second"></li>
</ul>
// yields [<li class="first"></li>, <li class="second"></li>]
cy.get('#parent').find('li')

Rules​

Requirements ​

  • .find() requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).

Assertions ​

  • .find() will automatically retry until the element(s) exist in the DOM.
  • .find() will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed.

Timeouts ​

  • .find() can time out waiting for the element(s) to exist in the DOM.
  • .find() can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log​

Find the li's within the nav

cy.get('.left-nav>.nav').find('>li')

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

Command Log find

When clicking on the find command within the command log, the console outputs the following:

console.log find

History​

VersionChanges
5.2.0Added includeShadowDom option.

See also​