WebDriverWait

1. What is the use of WebDriverWait?
2. Is WebDriverWait a class in Selenium?
3. How to wait 10 seconds in Selenium?
4. What is the difference between wait and WebDriverWait?

What is the use of WebDriverWait?

In automation testing, wait commands direct test execution to pause for a certain length of time before moving onto the next step. This enables WebDriver to check if one or more web elements are present/visible/enriched/clickable, etc.

Is WebDriverWait a class in Selenium?

WebDriverWait is a class. Q3. What is Fluent wait in selenium? The Fluent wait in selenium is to defined maximum time of wait for a condition and also frequency with which we want to check the condition before throwing an 'ElementNotVisibleException' exception.

How to wait 10 seconds in Selenium?

We can make Selenium wait for 10 seconds. This can be done by using the Thread. sleep method. Here, the wait time (10 seconds) is passed as a parameter to the method.

What is the difference between wait and WebDriverWait?

WebDriverWait is a subclass of FluentWait. In FluentWait you have more options to configure, along with maximum wait time, like polling interval, exceptions to ignore etc. So, instead of waiting and then using findElement : WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 18); wait.