Why dosnt my webdriver method wait until 'Max timeout' for an element to be visible?

Question

My method:

    public boolean WaitUntilWebElementIsVisible(WebElement element) {
    try {
        WebDriverWait tempWait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
        tempWait.pollingEvery(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
        tempWait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element));
        System.out.println("WebElement is visible using locator: " + element.toString());
        return true;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("WebElement is NOT visible, using locator: " + element.toString() + " ,Exception: " + e.getMessage());
        Assert.fail("Method failed: WaitUntilWebElementIsVisible");
        //Assert.fail("WebElement is NOT visible, using locator: " + element.toString());
        return false;
    }
}

TestNG call:

    @Test(priority = 27)
public void confirm_BillingAddress_Header_IsVisible_BillingAndPaymentDetails_Section() throws Exception {
    //Verify whether the panel title: 'BILLING ADDRESS:' is visible
    Thread.sleep(1000);
    basePage.WaitUntilWebElementIsVisible(checkoutPage.subheader_BillingAddress);
    Assert.assertEquals(checkoutPage.subheader_BillingAddress.getText(), "BILLING ADDRESS:");
}

Example of the issue (during the test the header easily appears before 30seconds):

This is may be not because of web driver wait. May be the previous step which is a URL launch using driver get method. It wait until it loads completely. After that, it may check for visibility of header. Are you getting timeout exception? — Murthi
What error you are getting? Could you share the exception trace? — Mahipal

Oleksii Oleksii · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-07T15:58:04

Do you use implicit waiters? Good practice to use explicit waiters without implicit waiter.

Why dosnt my webdriver method wait until 'Max timeout' for an element to be visible?

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