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waitForVisible

Wait for an element (selected by css selector) for the provided amount of milliseconds to be (in)visible. If multiple elements get queried by a given selector, it returns true (or false if reverse flag is set) if at least one element is visible.

Usage

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browser.waitForVisible(selector[,ms][,reverse]);

Parameters

Param Type Details
selector String element to wait for
ms
optional		 Number time in ms (default: 500)
reverse
optional		 Boolean if true it waits for the opposite (default: false)

Example

index.html
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<div id="elem" style="visibility: hidden;">Hello World!</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    setTimeout(function () {
        document.getElementById('elem').style.visibility = 'visible';
    }, 2000);
</script>
waitForVisibleExample.js
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it('should detect when element is visible', function () {
    browser.waitForVisible('#elem', 3000);

    // same as
    elem = $('#elem');
    elem.waitForVisible(3000)
});

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