difference between WebDriver Wait timeout and implicitlyWait timeout?

selenium, webdriver

Solution

As said in the documentation:

`Implicit Wait` sets internally a timeout that will be used for all consecutive `WebElement` searches. It will try lookup the element again and again for the specified amount of time before throwing an `NoSuchElementException` if the element could not have been found. It does only this and can't be forced into anything else - it waits for elements to show up.

`Explicit Wait`, or just `Wait` is a one-timer used by you for a particular search. It is more extendible in the means that you can set it up to wait for any condition you might like. Usually, you can use some of the prebuilt `ExpectedConditions` to wait for elements to become clickable, visible, invisible, etc., or just write your own condition that suits your needs.

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