Protractor isDisplayed() method is failing with Timeout Error

Question

Protractor isDisplayed() method is failing with Timeout Error when object is not displayed on the page. Same issue exists with isPresent().

Below is the code snippet:

public async checkifelementisdisplayed(webElmntXpath: string) {
    let webElement = (element(by.xpath(webElmntXpath)));

    try {`enter code here`
         const eleStat = await webElement.isDisplayed(); //Tried with isPresent() as well
         console.log("element status is "+eleStat);

         if (eleStat) {
              return true;
         }
         else {
              return false;
         }
     } catch (e) {
         return false;
     }
}

Error: function timed out, ensure the promise resolves within 60000 milliseconds at Timeout._onTimeout (C:\UIAutomation\node_modules\cucumber\lib\user_code_runner.js:76:18) at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:554:17) at processTimers (internal/timers.js:497:7)

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '21 at 14:41

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you need to check if your page

is angular
is protractor ready

See these answers how to check https://stackoverflow.com/a/66111219/9150146

And a 1 min read answer about proper usage of isDisplayed https://stackoverflow.com/a/66110622/9150146

answered Mar 19 '21 at 14:41

Sergey Pleshakov

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '21 at 13:37

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Try adding await keyword for below line let webElement = await element(by.xpath(webElmntXpath));

answered Mar 19 '21 at 13:37

Sreeresh

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Still getting same error after adding await – Prasad Mar 19 '21 at 13:53
IsPresent() does not throw any error if element is not present. Hope the element which you are looking for is not inside a frame. Try with explicit wait as well – Sreeresh Mar 19 '21 at 14:06
element is not a promise and thus doesn't require `await` – Sergey Pleshakov Mar 19 '21 at 14:26
@SergeyPleshakov, You are right.. No need of await before element. – Sreeresh Mar 19 '21 at 14:42
@Sreeresh same code is working when webelement is displayed, and there is no frame. – Prasad Mar 19 '21 at 14:45
So you have increased explicit wait duration? – Sreeresh Mar 19 '21 at 14:52
If the web element is not found with in the given time duration, it should return false but it is failing with timeout error. – Prasad Mar 20 '21 at 12:35

Protractor isDisplayed() method is failing with Timeout Error

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