Selenium C# WebDriver: Wait until element is present

Question

I want to make sure that an element is present before the webdriver starts doing stuff.

I\'m trying to get something like this to work:

WebDriverWait w         


        

Answer 1

Since I'm separating page elements definitions and page test scenarios using already found IWebElement for visibility could be done like this:

public static void WaitForElementToBecomeVisibleWithinTimeout(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element, int timeout)
{
    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeout)).Until(ElementIsVisible(element));
}

private static Func ElementIsVisible(IWebElement element)
{
    return driver => {
        try
        {
            return element.Displayed;              
        }
        catch(Exception)
        {
            // If element is null, stale or if it cannot be located
            return false;
        }
    };
}