Use css_has_value() to fix failure in course-overview.feature

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-overview.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def i_click_the_text_span(step, text):
     span_locator = '.toggle-button-sections span'
     assert_true(world.browser.is_element_present_by_css(span_locator))
     # first make sure that the expand/collapse text is the one you expected
-    assert_equal(world.browser.find_by_css(span_locator).value, text)
+    assert_true(world.css_has_value(span_locator, text))
     world.css_click(span_locator)
 
 

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/grading.py

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def i_change_grace_period(_step, grace_period):
     # this to happen, then we can end up with
     # an invalid value (e.g. "00:0048:00")
     # which prevents us from saving.
-    assert_true(world.css_has_value(grace_period_css, "00:00", allow_blank=False))
+    assert_true(world.css_has_value(grace_period_css, "00:00"))
 
     # Set the new grace period
     ele.value = grace_period

common/djangoapps/terrain/ui_helpers.py

@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ def is_css_not_present(css_selector, wait_time=5):
 
 
 @world.absorb
-def css_has_text(css_selector, text, index=0,
-        strip=False, allow_blank=True):
+def css_has_text(css_selector, text, index=0, strip=False):
     """
     Return a boolean indicating whether the element with `css_selector`
     has `text`.
@@ -203,15 +202,12 @@ def css_has_text(css_selector, text, index=0,
     If `strip` is True, strip whitespace at beginning/end of both
     strings before comparing.
 
-    If `allow_blank` is False, wait for the element to have non-empty
-    text before making the assertion.  This is useful for elements
-    that are populated by JavaScript after the page loads.
-
     If there are multiple elements matching the css selector,
     use `index` to indicate which one.
     """
-
-    if not allow_blank:
+    # If we're expecting a non-empty string, give the page
+    # a chance to fill in text fields.
+    if text:
         world.wait_for(lambda _: world.css_text(css_selector, index=index))
 
     actual_text = world.css_text(css_selector, index=index)
@@ -224,18 +220,17 @@ def css_has_text(css_selector, text, index=0,
 
 
 @world.absorb
-def css_has_value(css_selector, value, index=0, allow_blank=False):
+def css_has_value(css_selector, value, index=0):
     """
     Return a boolean indicating whether the element with
     `css_selector` has the specified `value`.
 
-    If `allow_blank` is False, wait for the element to have
-    a value that is a non-empty string.
-
     If there are multiple elements matching the css selector,
     use `index` to indicate which one.
     """
-    if not allow_blank:
+    # If we're expecting a non-empty string, give the page
+    # a chance to fill in values
+    if value:
         world.wait_for(lambda _: world.css_value(css_selector, index=index))
 
     return world.css_value(css_selector, index=index) == value