Replace Thread.Sleep waits with FlaUI's Retry.While/WhileException helpers for reliable Windows UI automation

domain: desktop-automation · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Use `Retry.WhileFalse(() => element.IsEnabled, timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))` (namespace `FlaUI.Core.Tools`) to poll a boolean condition instead of a fixed sleep
  2. Use `Retry.WhileException(() => element.Click())` to retry an action that may throw while the UI is still settling, rather than catching and sleeping manually
  3. Use `Retry.WhileNull(() => window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByAutomationId("target")))` to poll for an element's appearance before interacting with it
  4. Tune `timeout` and `interval` per call (defaults are 1000ms timeout / 100ms interval) rather than relying on the library-wide default for slow operations
  5. Set `throwOnTimeout: true` when you want a hard failure instead of silently returning the last/default value after the retry window elapses
  6. Check `RetryResult<T>.Success` on the returned result when `throwOnTimeout` is false, since a timed-out retry still returns a value instead of throwing

Known gotchas

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