WebDriver and C# - NoSuchElement exception

Question

I have the following code for selecting an option from given list and it usually works, but sometimes it fails with NoSuchElement exception on the second if. I was under the

Answer 1

You could try one of the answers from this SO question:

public static IWebElement FindElement(this IWebDriver driver, String vList, String vText, int timeoutInSeconds)
{

    By selector = By.Id(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[vList])
    if (timeoutInSeconds > 0)
    {
        var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutInSeconds));
        return wait.Until(drv => drv.FindElement(selector));
    }
    return driver.FindElement(selector);
}