How to combine implicit and explicit timeouts in Selenium?

by

As per the documentation of Explicit and Implicit Waits it is clearly mentioned that:

Do not mix implicit and explicit waits. Doing so can cause unpredictable wait times. For example setting an implicit wait of 10 seconds and an explicit wait of 15 seconds, could cause a timeout to occur after 20 seconds.

Still if you have implicit timeout defined as:

_driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);

Before inducing explicit wait for the element to be found you need to remove the implicit timeout as follows:

_driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0);
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
wait.Until(d => d.FindElement(By.CssSelector("div.example")));

Once you are done with the explicit wait, you can re-configure back the implicit timeout again as:

_driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0);
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
wait.Until(d => d.FindElement(By.CssSelector("div.example")));
//perform your action with the element
_driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);

More Related Contents:

  1. Best way to keep track and iterate through tabs and windows using WindowHandles using Selenium
  2. “unknown error: cannot read property ‘scrollleft’ of null” in Chrome using selenium
  3. ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible returns TimeoutException even when element is present
  4. c# selenium if else check [closed]
  5. Selenium C# WebDriver: Wait until element is present
  6. Replace implicit wait with explicit wait (selenium webdriver & java)
  7. How to open a Chrome Profile through –user-data-dir argument of Selenium
  8. WebDriverWait is not waiting for the element I specify
  9. Selenium Error – The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver timed out after 60 seconds
  10. Internet Explorer Protective mode setting and Zoom levels
  11. Unable to hide “Chrome is being controlled by automated software” infobar within Chrome v76
  12. Selenium stops when browser is manually interrupted
  13. Implicit vs Explicit vs Fluent Wait
  14. OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally while executing tests through Selenium start on linux
  15. How do I make Chrome Headless after I login manually
  16. How to locate and click on an element which is nested within multiple frame and frameset through Selenium using Webdriver and C#
  17. What is the internal working difference between Implicit Wait and Explicit Wait
  18. How to set Chrome preferences using Selenium Webdriver .NET binding?
  19. How to maximize the browser window in Selenium WebDriver (Selenium 2) using C#?
  20. How to execute Selenium Chrome WebDriver in silent mode?
  21. How to get text from parent element and exclude text from children (C# Selenium)
  22. Random errors using wait for element clickable method in Selenium
  23. Popup’s in selenium webdrivers
  24. How does the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\…\FEATURE_BFCACHE for InternetExplorerDriver solves the Internet Explorer 11 issue?
  25. Wait for an Ajax call to complete with Selenium 2 WebDriver
  26. Setting a proxy for Chrome Driver in Selenium
  27. Selenium Webdriver PhantomJS C# always opens a cmd window
  28. How to click on the radio button through the element ID attribute using Selenium and C#
  29. Python & Selenium: Difference between driver.implicitly_wait() and time.sleep()
  30. What would be an alternate to [TearDown] and [SetUp] in MSTest?

Leave a Comment