Child Element Wait Element

The action of waiting for an element to appear on the screen within a specified time frame.

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows, JavaSwing

Attributes

Attribute	Data Source	Recommendation
Parent Element: The parent element of the element to interact with	Variable: Usually the result returned by the Find Element keyword	The system defaults to Elements
Locator: The element that the keyword will interact with on the user interface	Value (commonly used): A value that does not change during testing Variable: Used when XPath changes based on input data in the test script	The system recommends the default locator as Repository Element
timeout (ms): The time the system waits until the element disappears, measured in milliseconds	Value (commonly used): A value that does not change during testing Variable: A parameter used for data-driven testing Parameter: Used when input data in the test script changes according to the environment (Environment parameter), device (Device parameter)	Long

Use Cases

Used when needing to wait for an element to appear on the active screen, but only applicable to child elements of the parentElement.