Wait For Element To Exist

Wait for a specific element to exist.

Wait For Element To Exist waits until the Element is present in the DOM. Use it when markup arrives before the UI is shown or scrolled into view.

See Element states for how Exists differs from Displayed and Visible.

Wait for element to exist Test Step

When to use it

• Wait for async HTML to inject a container before child steps run.

• Confirm a hidden input or off-screen node exists before reading its value.

• Prefer Wait For Element To Be Displayed when the next step needs the Element shown to the user.

Configure

Basics

Field	What to set
Element	The Element to wait for

Advanced

Field	What to set
How fast is this typically?	Timeout Override
Status on fail	Failed Status
When should screenshots be taken?	Always or On Failures (default)

Related

• Wait For Element To Not Exist

• Wait For Element To Be Displayed

• Element states

• Runner

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