Browser Actions › Actions › Wait for Element To Be Available

Pauses your workflow until the specified page element is available.

Returns YES if/when the page element exists and is not hidden, NO otherwise. This action can be run while the web page is still loading, too.

Parameters

Browser

The browser to work with.

Selecting "frontmost browser" will only work if the application currently in the foreground is a supported browser.

Only available if Target tab isn’t set to "specific tab".

Type: Browser

Target tab

Specify which tab you want to work with. The option "active tab of frontmost window" will target the currently active tab at the time this action is executed, while "specific tab" will let you target an existing browser tab.

Options:

• active tab of frontmost window
• specific tab

Specific browser tab

If Target tab is set to "specific tab", this parameter expects a browser tab reference.

Type: Browser Tab

CSS selector

Any CSS selector (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CSS_Selector for more info).

Type: Text

Max. wait time

Add a pause before proceeding to the next action in the workflow.

Options:

• no pause
• 2 secs
• 4 secs
• 6 secs
• 8 secs
• 10 secs
• 12 secs
• 14 secs
• 16 secs
• 18 secs
• 20 secs

If element can't be found

If the element wasn't found in the allotted time, should the workflow stop and show an error, or should the error be ignored?

Options:

• return NO
• show error

Return Value

Boolean (YES/NO)

Related Links

• Search the Browser Actions community forum for "Wait for Element To Be Available"