SetPageLoad Timeout not working for Selenium web driver

Question

In my webdriver test, I have the below. Despite the SetPageLoadTimeout, the script is still executing the next line before allowing the page to load.

driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("MySurvey")).Click();
driver.Manage().Timeouts().SetPageLoadTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120)); 

Answer 1

SetPageLoadTimeout is saying how long you want to wait for the page to load before the test fails.

What you're after is waiting for an element to appear:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(webDriver, timeoutInSeconds);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id<locator>));

or

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id<locator>));