Adding a Wait step

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You can add Wait as a step in the recorded test for a specified duration. You can specify the wait time in milliseconds, seconds, minutes, or hours. Adding a Wait step gives the application the required time to load the UI elements and update the screen.

Procedure

  1. Click the Edit button displayed on the Test Editor page.

    The Edit button appears only when no active edit branch is selected.

    Alternatively, right-click the test in the test navigator panel and select Edit.

    The Edit branch dialog is displayed.
    If the Edit branch dialog is not displayed, then go to step 3.
  2. Select an existing edit branch or create a new edit branch.
  3. Drag and drop the Wait element under any test step as required from the General catalog in the Catalog tab.
  4. Click the Wait step.
    The step details pane is displayed.
  5. Perform the following steps in the step details pane:
    1. Specify the amount of time that the step must pause in Duration.
    2. Select the unit of time for the timeout in Unit.
    3. Alternatively, you can select the Code checkbox to enter the time and unit in the Duration text box.
    4. Optional: Enter a message to indicate the reason for the pause in the Note text box.

Results

You have added a Wait step to pause the test for a specific duration from the General catalog.