# Wait for Element Attribute This action can be used to pause the execution and wait for a control element in the DOM to be rendered on the screen. ## Properties ![](https://649489153-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MSSr3DfBuOYIkk2T9ec%2F-MdRwdOhzlYZmiI7TZmk%2F-Mdajw0aDhWUyPCYryM2%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=42d49203-c5c5-43fe-9e08-ae1cd856c4f8) ### Input * **Identifier**: Indicate a new UI element, or select from the already defined list of selectors. * **CSS Selector:** It is used to "find" (or select) the HTML elements more precisely. * **URL**: The URL link of the page containing the CSS selector. * **Timeout**: total number of milliseconds the robot will search for the specified control object to appear before aborting the action. * **Attribute Name**: The name of the targeted attribute to be waited to load. If the name is not not specified, the action will wait for target element to become available. * **Attribute value**: The value of the attribute to be matched to. If the value is not specified, the action will wait for target element to become available. ### Misc * **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project * **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action. * **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action. * **Abort on Error**: True/False * **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. ## **Use case** ### **Potential Use Cases** * Waiting for a slow web-page to load buttons before clicking them Wait on a company's webpage for tab/button "contact" to appear before typing in a message. * Wait in an accounting software app for the button new invoice to appear before executing a click on it. {% embed url="" %} {% file src="" %}