Lazy wait for HTML elements

[Harinee]

Hi,

I have code like this:

newElement = Find.ById<HtmlDiv>("someId");  
//the find is already executed here. But it takes some time before newElement is present on the page. So the find strategy will return null.

newElement.Wait.ForExists(timeout);              
 //since element was not already present, newElement= null. So wait for exists doesn't really do anything

Is there a way to have a lazy find strategy? So, only when I wait for the element to exist, does it actually try to find it?

[Boyan Boev]

Hi Harinee,

In this case you should for the entire find expression like this:

HtmlFindExpression expr = new HtmlFindExpression("id=someID");
ActiveBrowser.WaitForElement(expr, 30000, false);
Element el = ActiveBrowser.Find.ByExpression(expr);
ActiveBrowser.Actions.Click(el);

Let me know if this helps.

Regards,
Boyan Boev
Telerik

 

 

[Bharadwaj]

Hi Boyan,

Thank for your response. By using your above post is there a way we can develop a generic Wait utility using all the Telerik Framework  functions? Please share your thoughts. 

Regards,

Bharadwaj.

[Elena]

Hi Bharadwaj,

Thanks for reaching us out. 

You could use the above code shared by Boyan to create that generic wait utility - for example include the code in a method which expects the id to form the find expression as an argument. Then share the method across the project from a utility class.  

I hope this helps!

Regards,
Elena Tsvetkova
Progress Telerik