webDOMinator - Minion Scripting Language Reference

Example on when to use pagewait

Written by: webDOMinator 2 years and 0 months ago

Pagewait command should only be used when you are clicking on a link that opens up a new page. It should not be used when you click on a link that does not load a new page.

This is a correct example of how to use pagewait

Script Level Commands
Usage: pagewait
Description: Makes the scripting engine wait until the next page finishes loading before carrying out the next command.:

The above code would click the search button, wait for the next page to load, then click on the Images link.

Here's a way to NOT use pagewait

Why? because the "navigate" command already assumes the page has to finish loading before running the next line. In this bad example, what you're telling webDOM is that after it's done waiting for the page to finish loading, wait for the page to finish loading again. This will cause unwanted results and will most likely stop the rest of the script from running.