Web table is taking more time to load by the time another element is clicked how to handle the wait in selenium Java

Question

Managing the delay in loading a web table before clicking another element

The web table exhibits a prolonged loading time, necessitating the implementation of a wait strategy in Selenium (Java) to ensure its complete rendering before proceeding to interact with another element.

public static void saveAndContinues(WebDriver driver) {
    WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(60));

    // Wait for the "Continue" button to be clickable
    WebElement continueButton =         wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(GENERIC_CONTINUE_BUTTON));

    // Check if the table loading indicator is present
    WebElement loadingIndicator = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='yourproducts'][2]"));
    if (loadingIndicator.isDisplayed()) {
        // Continue waiting if the table is still loading
        WebDriverWait wait1 = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        // You can add additional conditions if needed
        throw new RuntimeException("Table is still loading");
    }

    // Click on the "Continue" button
    continueButton.click();
}

Answer 1

I would suggest having a method similar to this one:

    public static void waitForElementToNotBePresent(By locator, int maxTimeout, int waitPeriod) throws InterruptedException {
        int currentTimeout = 0;

        while (currentTimeout < maxTimeout) {
            try {
                // if element is found, it means the loading process is still not finished
                Driver.driver.findElement(locator);
                currentTimeout += waitPeriod;
                Thread.sleep(waitPeriod);
            } catch (NoSuchElementException ex) {
                // if element is not found, the loading process is finished
                return;
            }
        }

        // if we reach this point, the loading process did not finish in the given time
        // otherwise we might end in an infinite loop
        throw new TimeoutException("Loading did not finish in the given time");
    }

It would allow you to have a long wait for the element to disappear but it would also check regularly for it's presence.

With this method your code would look something like this:

waitForElementToNotBePresent(By.xpath("//*[@id='yourproducts'][2]"), 60000, 1000);
continueButton.click();