Oscar has already answered your question, and below is an example of it. browser.div(:class => "spinner").wait_while_present
More info here: http://watirwebdriver.com/waiting/ The idea is to use the built-in method *"where you just wait until something disappears"*. object.wait_while_present On Friday, October 11, 2013 9:13:26 AM UTC-7, Oscar.Rieken wrote: > > the spinners tend to be elements sometimes they are in divs sometimes they > are just javascript and images > either way they exist on the page so you can locate them > and if you can locate them you can wait while they are there > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Mariano Giagante > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Lol maybe it might sound like that. >> >> Well, actually I'm trying to improve a script at work but as I can't show >> any of the code, I prefer to ask for guidance only. >> >> >> >> El viernes, 11 de octubre de 2013 13:00:54 UTC-3, Oscar.Rieken escribió: >>> >>> Sounds like interview questions? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Mariano Giagante < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'd like to receive some recommendations on how to wait while a spinbox >>>> is present. >>>> I know this question will sound too vague, but I don't need any >>>> specific code to apply. >>>> >>>> I need to know things like: >>>> >>>> What kind of code implements them? >>>> Do they usually have a class/id attribute? >>>> Will they be present among the browser instance elements when they are >>>> no longer visible? >>>> If various spinboxes appear on screen at the same time, can I refer to >>>> each one of them separately? >>>> >>>> Is wait_while_present method suitable to make my script wait until the >>>> load is finished? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, and greetings from Argentina. >>>> Mariano. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >>>> before you ask, be nice. >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/watir-general<http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general> >>>> watir-genera...@**googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Watir General" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to watir-genera...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >> before you ask, be nice. >> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Watir General" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
