Watir::WaitWithRefresh

Watir::WaitWithRefresh extends Watir to include methods that will refresh the page until or while an element is present or a block is true.

Installation

gem install watir-wait_with_refresh

Usage

The wait methods can be added after requiring Watir:

require 'watir' #or 'watir-classic' or 'watir-webdriver'
require 'watir/wait_with_refresh'

Refresh the page until an element is present:

 element.refresh_until_present

Refresh the page while an element is present:

element.refresh_while_present

Do something after refreshing the page makes the element present:

element.when_present_after_refresh.text

Refresh the page until a block evaluates as true:

browser.refresh_until{ browser.div.present? }

Refresh the page while a block evaluates as true:

browser.refresh_while{ browser.div.present? }