Simply state that the element is not visible.

[jennifer-shehane]

• Partially addresses Inability to determine reason for invisibility #5974

User facing changelog

We updated the fallback error message for visibility checks to be less confusing.

Additional details

• This error message is pretty awful. It should just state that the element is not visible if it can't find the reason.

How has the user experience changed?

Before

Test would fail visibility assertion and print:

Cypress could not determine why this element '<button>' is not visible.

After

Test will fail visibility assertion and print:

This element '<button>' is not visible.

PR Tasks

• Have tests been added/updated?
• [NA] Has the original issue been tagged with a release in ZenHub? DOESN'T REALLY CLOSE ISSUE
• [NA] Has a PR for user-facing changes been opened in cypress-documentation?
• [NA] Have API changes been updated in the type definitions?
• [NA] Have new configuration options been added to the cypress.schema.json?

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Test summary

3584 • 0 • 47 • 0

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Run details

Project	cypress
Status	Passed
Commit	3f310e1
Started	Dec 17, 2019 9:11 AM
Ended	Dec 17, 2019 9:16 AM
Duration	04:45 💡
OS	Linux Debian - 9.11
Browser	Multiple

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