beforeEach(() => { fixture = TestBed.configureTestingModule({ declarations: [ HighlightDirective, TestComponent ] }) .createComponent(TestComponent); fixture.detectChanges(); // initial binding // all elements with an attached HighlightDirective des = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(HighlightDirective)); // the h2 without the HighlightDirective bareH2 = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('h2:not([highlight])')); }); // color tests it('should have three highlighted elements', () => { expect(des.length).toBe(3); }); it('should color 1st ‹h2› background "yellow"', () => { const bgColor = des[0].nativeElement.style.backgroundColor; expect(bgColor).toBe('yellow'); }); it('should color 2nd ‹h2› background w/ default color', () => { const dir = des[1].injector.get(HighlightDirective) as HighlightDirective; const bgColor = des[1].nativeElement.style.backgroundColor; expect(bgColor).toBe(dir.defaultColor); }); it('should bind ‹input› background to value color', () => { // easier to work with nativeElement const input = des[2].nativeElement as HTMLInputElement; expect(input.style.backgroundColor).toBe('cyan', 'initial backgroundColor'); // dispatch a DOM event so that Angular responds to the input value change. input.value = 'green'; input.dispatchEvent(newEvent('input')); fixture.detectChanges(); expect(input.style.backgroundColor).toBe('green', 'changed backgroundColor'); }); it('bare ‹h2› should not have a customProperty', () => { expect(bareH2.properties['customProperty']).toBeUndefined(); });