How to get webDriver to wait for page to load (C# Selenium project)

Question

I\'ve started a Selenium project in C#. Trying to wait for page to finish loading up and only afterwards proceed to next action.

My code looks like this:

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Answer 1

Because of its simplicity I like this solution. Also it has the benefit of avoiding excessive waits and taking the guess work out of what might be the upper wait limit:

    public bool WaitToLoad(By by)
    {
        int i = 0;
        while (i < 600)
        {
            i++;
            Thread.Sleep(100); // sleep 100 ms
            try
            {
                driver.FindElement(by);
                break;
            }
            catch { }
        }
        if (i == 600) return false; // page load failed in 1 min
        else return true;
    }

Which can be modified to also include a "timer" if monitoring page load latency is needed:

    public int WaitToLoad(By by)
    {
        int i = 0;
        while (i < 600)
        {
            i++;
            Thread.Sleep(100); // sleep 100 ms
            try
            {
                driver.FindElement(by);
                break;
            }
            catch { }
        }
        return i; // page load latency in 1/10 secs
    }