WebDriverWait does not ignore exceptions

Question

I am using the most current Chrome and Webdriver 2.33 and am having some issues with IgnoreExceptionTypes. In the below code webdriver will wait like I expect it too but it will not actually ignore the exceptions:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8));
wait.IgnoreExceptionTypes(
    typeof(WebDriverTimeoutException),
    typeof(NoSuchElementException)
);  
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.XPath(firstResultX)));

The code is in a try/catch, I tried moving it outside of the try/catch and received the same issue. I am not sure where to go from here, any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use FluentWaits.

Wait<WebDriver> wait = new FluentWait<WebDriver>(getDriverInstance())
                .withTimeout(timeoutSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .pollingEvery(sleepMilliSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class);

wait.until(<Your expected condition clause.>);

Let me know if this does not solves your problem.