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# 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

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### 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.

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