Protractor Check if Element Does Not Exist

Question

I have a setting in my angular based website that turns a dropdown on and off. If it is off, then it does not show on the main page.

With Protractor, I need to check to

Answer 1

none of these answers which include count() worked for me;

the typeof $$('.selector').count() is 'object'

you have to use the promise to pull the count value out like this.

const nameSelector = '[data-automation="name-input"]';
const nameInputIsDisplayed = () => {
    return $$(nameSelector).count()
        .then(count => count !== 0)
}
it('should not be displayed', () => {
    nameInputIsDisplayed().then(isDisplayed => {
        expect(isDisplayed).toBeFalsy()
    })
})