Protractor test that an element is empty

Question

<div id='messagesDiv'></div>

I want to test that this div element is empty.

var messagesDiv = element(by.id('messagesDiv'));
expect(messagesDiv).to...

How would I achieve that?

Answer 1

I think this:

expect(messagesDiv.getText()).toBe('');

should do the trick. More information here.