root

Get the root DOM element.

Syntax

cy.root()
cy.root(options)

Usage

Correct Usage

cy.root() // Yield root element <html>
cy.get('nav').within(($nav) => {
  cy.root() // Yield root element <nav>
})

Arguments

options (Object)

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

Option	Default	Description
`log`	`true`	Displays the command in the Command log
`timeout`	`defaultCommandTimeout`	Time to wait for `cy.root()` to resolve before timing out

Yields

.root() yields the root DOM element.

The root element yielded is <html> by default. However, when calling .root() from a .within() command, the root element will point to the element you are "within".

Examples

HTML

Get the root element

cy.root() // yields <html>

Within

Get the root element in a `.within()` callback function

cy.get('form').within(($form) => {
  cy.get('input[name="email"]').type('john.doe@email.com')
  cy.get('input[name="password"]').type('password')
  cy.root().submit() // submits the form yielded from 'within'
})

Rules

Requirements

cy.root() requires being chained off of cy .

Assertions

cy.root() will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed

Timeouts

cy.root() can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log

Get root element

cy.root().should('match', 'html')

cy.get('.query-ul').within(() => {
  cy.root().should('have.class', 'query-ul')
})

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

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