How to test the template of an Ionic modal?

I'd like to test the template of an Ionic modal. The problem is that I cannot access the template through the modal. I figured out a workaround and it works, but there must be other solution.

I solved this in the following way:

Created a mock Angular directive using the modal's template, because you can test a directive quite easily. Here is my test, using karma, mocha, chai and chai-jquery plugin:

'use strict';

describe('Directive: noteList', function () {
  var $compile;
  var scope;
  var mockDirective;

  angular.module('simpleNote').directive('mockNewNoteModal', function () {
    return {
      resrict: 'E',
      templateUrl: 'scripts/new-note/new-note-modal.html'
    };
  });

  beforeEach(module('simpleNote'));

  beforeEach(module('templates')); // module from ngHtml2JsPreprocessor karma task

   beforeEach(inject(function (_$compile_, _$rootScope_) {
     $compile = _$compile_;
     scope = _$rootScope_.$new();
     mockDirective = $compile('<mock-new-note-modal></mock-new-note-modal>')(scope);
     scope.$digest();
     angular.element(document).find('body').append(mockDirective); // for rendering css
  }));

  describe('Test the template of newNoteModal', function () {
    it('should have a class modal', function () {
      expect(mockDirective.find('div')).to.have.class('modal');
    });
  });
});

I figured out that there is a simpler way of testing a template with karma, using karma-jquery and chai-jquery plugin. You can grab the element of the template using jquery selectors like this:

expect($('div.modal').html()).to.contain('hello');

The problem with this approach is that you cannot focus on a given template, there may be collisions between elements, classes and id-s.

It would be great if you could test the modal straight. Or if it is not possible, is there any way to test a given html template without creating a mock directive?

Sorry but I haven't had the 10 reputation to insert the links I'd like to, so I insert them as plain text:

karma: karma-runner.github.io/0.12/index.html

mocha: github.com/mochajs/mocha

chai: chaijs.com/

chai-jquery: chaijs.com/plugins/chai-jquery