Simple protractor test for isElementPresent failing with unsupported locator strategy

Question

My test:

it(\'should allow login\', function() {
  browser.get(\'index.html\');

  $(\'#username\').sendKeys(\'administrator\');
  $(\'#password\').sendKeys(\'pa         


        

Answer 1

Using the latest Protractor build, you can shorten the above answer to the following:

expect(element(by.css('#logout')).isPresent()).toBeTruthy();

This way you do not have to perform the browser.wait and you reduce the number of calls to isElementPresent.