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Testing dynamic elements is always a challenge. I found some interesting/useful links which might prove useful to you too: http://agilesoftwaretesting.com/selenium-wait-for-ajax-the-right-way/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6850994/wait-for-javascript-file-to-load-in-selenium-2 http://saucelabs.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/how-to-lose-races-and-win-at-selenium/   Happy Testing!!!!

Most of the times we do have hidden div tags which need to be verified.  In most of the test designs, the first step towards testing a particular application is to verify that all the elements exist on the application under test.  Example:  Lets say we have a login page which has two text-fields. One for username the other for password. On the page, we also have a hidden div tag which is used by the developer to pass on the login failure message.  Usually its hidden but is set to visible when there is a login failure.  In usual test designs we would want to do something like this at the first step.  1. test all the components exist:  verifyTrue(selenium.isElementExists(LoginPage.username));  verifyTrue(selenium.isElementExists(LoginPage.password)); 2. Then give an incorrect username and password  selenium.type("LoginPage.username","SomeUserName"); selenium.type("LoginPage.password","SomePassword"); 3. Now verify that the...