Best practice to wait for a change with Selenium Webdriver?

Question

After a click event I need to wait for an elements attribute to change before proceeding further (click event causes certain elements to move out of focus and certain others get

Answer 1

I suggest use org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(WebElement element, String attribute, String value).

e.g.

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 5); // time out after 5 seconds
someElement.click();
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(someElement, "sort-attribute", "ascending"));

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