I am testing an Electron/React app using Spectron, which uses the WebdriverIO commands API. I would like to test the attributes on some components, but I want to be sure I am testing them only after the component has reloaded.
The normal WebDriverIO wait commands like waitForText() or waitForExist(), wait for some change, but I need to wait until a component redraw has occurred. For example the component will already exist or will already have some text before it is redrawn. This means any test on the text will occur before the redraw, and I won't be testing the new text. Is there a general way to wait for a redraw?
You can use the custom 'waitUntil' command to wait for just about anything. You'd need to figure out what you're waiting for, or how to tell that the component has been redrawn, but it should be possible.
Is there a class name you can tag in to?
Also, the 'waitFor' commands do take negation flags, allowing you to wait for an element to stop existing or stop having text. That might be useful.