In C# Coded UI is there a way to wait for a control to be clickable

c#, coded-ui-tests

Solution

So what WaitForControlExists actually does is to call the public WaitForControlPropertyEqual, something like:

return this.WaitForControlPropertyEqual(UITestControl.PropertyNames.Exists, true, timeout);

Your helper can instead call:

 public bool WaitForControlPropertyNotEqual(string propertyName,
                object propertyValue, int millisecondsTimeout)

Also, as Kek points out, there is a WaitForControlNotExist public method.

Note that they all seem to be using the same helper (also public):

 public static bool WaitForCondition<T>(T conditionContext, Predicate<T> conditionEvaluator, int millisecondsTimeout)

this helper essentially does a Thread.Sleep on the current thread, pretty much as you do it.

Problem

In coded ui there is a way to wait for a control to exist using `UITestControl.WaitForControlExist(waitTime);`. Is there a way to wait for a control to not exist? The best way I could think of is to create an extension method like this: ``` public static bool WaitForControlClickable(this UITestControl control, int waitTime = 10000) { Point p; Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch(); stopwatch.Start(); while (stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds < waitTime) { if (control.TryGetClickablePoint(out p)) { return true; } Thread.Sleep(500); } return control.TryGetClickablePoint(out p); } ``` Is there a better way of doing this? Also I am looking for a way to do the opposite.

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