Explicit wait could not locate the element in "Save As" dialog

[persephonecmx]

I have a test script which is supposed to click a button and save the result file. Initially, I used the fixed delay time for the "Save As" dialog to open, the code is as following and it works fine.

For the next step, I feel the delay time is too long, so that I would like to introduce the explicit wait. The code is as following `public void WaitUntil(string id) {

        int currentAttempts = 0;
        int maxAttempts = 10;
        bool isPresent = false;

        while (currentAttempts < maxAttempts)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("id: {0}, attempt: {1}", id, currentAttempts);

            Thread.Sleep(1000);

            try
            {
                isPresent = session.FindElementsByAccessibilityId(id).Count > 0;
            }

            catch
            {
                isPresent = false;
            }

            if (isPresent == true)
            {
                currentAttempts = 0;
                Console.WriteLine("found id: {0}", id);
                break;
            }

            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("not found id: {0}", id);
                currentAttempts++;
            }
        }
    }`

However, it always shows the id is not found although the "Save As" dialog is open.

Does anyone have any ideas about how to solve it please?

[anunay1]

This is how I have implemented it:

 public WindowsElement WaitForObject(Func<WindowsElement> element, int timeout)
        {
            var wait = new DefaultWait<WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>>(driver)
            {
                Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeout),
                PollingInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)
            };

            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(WebDriverException));
            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(InvalidOperationException));
            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(StaleElementReferenceException));
            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(NoSuchElementException));
            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(NotFoundException));
            wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(typeof(WebException));

            WindowsElement waitElement = null;

            wait.Until(driver =>
            {
                waitElement = element();
                Logger.Logger.LogInfo("Wait completed for the object");
                return waitElement != null && waitElement.Enabled && waitElement.Displayed;
            });

            return waitElement;
        }

you can use it this way:

WaitForObject( () => session.FindElementsByAccessibilityId(id),3)

[naeemakram]

A five seconds display is nothing, it is also keeping your code simple. The more complex your test automation scripts become the more flaky they are(mostly).

[persephonecmx]

Thank you @anunay1 , I tried your code and set the timeout to 15s, however, I still got the error message as shown below.

Message: Test method AutoRun.Main.Main_Test threw exception: OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverTimeoutException: Timed out after 15 seconds ---> OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://127.0.0.1:4723/session/10240672-1ABA-4D55-8DCF-98FD3DAEC3BB/elements timed out after 60 seconds. ---> System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: The operation has timed out.

The dialog is open within 2s, but it could not locate the element even after 15s.

[anunay1]

Is it part of the same tree in inspect.

[anunay1]

Thank you @anunay1 , I tried your code and set the timeout to 15s, however, I still got the error message as shown below.

Message: Test method AutoRun.Main.Main_Test threw exception: OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverTimeoutException: Timed out after 15 seconds ---> OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://127.0.0.1:4723/session/10240672-1ABA-4D55-8DCF-98FD3DAEC3BB/elements timed out after 60 seconds. ---> System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: The operation has timed out.

The dialog is open within 2s, but it could not locate the element even after 15s.

Is it a custom dialog box can you also share what is shown in inspect

[persephonecmx]

Hi @anunay1 , the screenshot is as shown below. The dialog is open and the yellow highlighted area is available, but it shows could not locate the element.

Furthermore, I added the fixed delay and the explicit wait into the same loop. This is the log for fixed delay (works fine)

This is the log for explicit delay (error occurs)