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title: "Check Web Element Visibility Step"
url: "https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/check-web-element-visibility-step"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-07-30T09:20:14.863Z"
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# Check Web Element Visibility Step

The Check Web Element Visibility step checks whether a specific web element is visible on a web page. Use this step when you need to verify if an element exists before continuing the automation.

## How to Use the Check Web Element Visibility Step

### Step 1: Add the Check Web Element Visibility Step

1.  Open your process in the Robotiq.ai editor.
2.  Drag the **Check Web Element Visibility** step into your workflow.

### Step 2: Tell it What to Click

1.  Pick a **Selector Type** from the dropdown menu. This tells Robotiq.ai how to find the web element.
2.  Type in the **Selector Value**. This is the specific ID for the element, based on the type you picked.

**Important:** You can find these selector values by looking at the elements in your web browser's developer tools.

### Step 3: Pick Driver and Timeout

1.  Enter the **Driver Reference**. This is the variable that holds your web browser.
2.  Set the **Wait for element disappears until timeout \[ms\]** . This is how long (in milliseconds) the step will wait for the element to disappear before it gives up.

## Parameters Explained

**Step Name** (Optional)

-   A custom name for the step.
-   Example: `Wait Until Page Loaded`
-   Use this to make your steps easy to understand.

**Selector Type** (Required)

-   How Robotiq.ai finds the web element.
-   Options: `Class Name`, `CSS Selector`, `Name`, `Id`, `Link Text`, `Partial Link Text`, `Tag Name`, `XPath`
-   Pick the type that best identifies what you want to click.

**Selector Value** (Required)

-   The specific value for the selector type you chose.
-   Example: If `Selector Type` is `Id`, `Selector Value` might be `loader`.
-   You can use an existing variable name or type in a direct value.

**IFrame Selector Type** (Optional)

-   Defines how the iframe containing the target web element is identified.
-   Options: `Class Name`, `CSS Selector`, `Name`, `Id`, `Link Text`, `Partial Link Text`, `Tag Name`, `XPath`
-   Select the option that best identifies the iframe you want to interact with.

**IFrame Selector Value** (Optional)

-   Specifies the value used to locate the iframe based on the selected **IFrame Selector Type**.
-   Example: If *IFrame Selector Type* is `Id`, the *IFrame Selector Value* could be `paymentIframe`.
-   Use this when the element you want to interact with is located inside an iframe.

**Driver Reference** (Required)

-   The variable that holds the web browser.
-   Example: `myBrowserDriver`
-   This links the click to a specific open browser.

**Wait for Element until timeout \[ms\]** (Required)

-   The most time (in milliseconds) to wait for the element to load.
-   Example: `5000` (waits for 5 seconds)
-   Set a reasonable timeout so your processes don't fail too quickly.

**Addditional Selectors** (Optional)

-   List of selectors, allowing you to define multiple selectors for the same step
-   If the primary selector fails and additional selectors are defined, the step will automatically try the additional selectors in order.
-   You can add, remove, and reorder selectors at any time.
-   Any selector can be promoted to the primary selector, which will swap its position with the current primary selector.
-   Each selector is evaluated for the duration of the timeout defined on the step before moving on to the next one.
-   If you want to promote a selector to be the primary selector, first provide all required details (selector type and value), then click the swap icon next to selector type.

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**Save visibility result to variable** (Required)

-   Stores the result for later use.
-   Type is Boolean ( `True`, `False` )

## Related Articles

-   [Type Into Web Element Step](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/type-into-web-element-step) - Learn how to type text into web elements.
-   [Read Text From Web Element Step](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/read-text-from-web-element-step) - Learn how to get text from web elements.
-   [Record process](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/record-process) - Find out how to record your browser actions to create steps automatically.

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