feat(wait): allow waiting for given text (#390)

Fixes https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/issues/389

README.md

@@ -518,11 +518,13 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
 
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-- **browser_wait**
-  - Title: Wait
-  - Description: Wait for a specified time in seconds
+- **browser_wait_for**
+  - Title: Wait for
+  - Description: Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass
   - Parameters:
-    - `time` (number): The time to wait in seconds
+    - `time` (number, optional): The time to wait in seconds
+    - `text` (string, optional): The text to wait for
+    - `textGone` (string, optional): The text to wait for to disappear
   - Read-only: **true**
 
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src/tools/common.ts

@@ -21,19 +21,44 @@ const wait: ToolFactory = captureSnapshot => defineTool({
   capability: 'wait',
 
   schema: {
-    name: 'browser_wait',
-    title: 'Wait',
-    description: 'Wait for a specified time in seconds',
+    name: 'browser_wait_for',
+    title: 'Wait for',
+    description: 'Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass',
     inputSchema: z.object({
-      time: z.number().describe('The time to wait in seconds'),
+      time: z.number().optional().describe('The time to wait in seconds'),
+      text: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for'),
+      textGone: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for to disappear'),
     }),
     type: 'readOnly',
   },
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
-    await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, Math.min(10000, params.time * 1000)));
+    if (!params.text && !params.textGone && !params.time)
+      throw new Error('Either time, text or textGone must be provided');
+
+    const code: string[] = [];
+
+    if (params.time) {
+      code.push(`await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, ${params.time!} * 1000));`);
+      await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, Math.min(10000, params.time! * 1000)));
+    }
+
+    const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
+    const locator = params.text ? tab.page.getByText(params.text).first() : undefined;
+    const goneLocator = params.textGone ? tab.page.getByText(params.textGone).first() : undefined;
+
+    if (goneLocator) {
+      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.textGone)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });`);
+      await goneLocator.waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });
+    }
+
+    if (locator) {
+      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.text)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' });`);
+      await locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+    }
+
     return {
-      code: [`// Waited for ${params.time} seconds`],
+      code,
       captureSnapshot,
       waitForNetwork: false,
     };

tests/capabilities.spec.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test('test snapshot tool list', async ({ client }) => {
     'browser_tab_new',
     'browser_tab_select',
     'browser_take_screenshot',
-    'browser_wait',
+    'browser_wait_for',
   ]));
 });
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('test vision tool list', async ({ visionClient }) => {
     'browser_tab_list',
     'browser_tab_new',
     'browser_tab_select',
-    'browser_wait',
+    'browser_wait_for',
   ]));
 });
 

tests/wait.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
+
+test('browser_wait_for(text)', async ({ client, server }) => {
+  server.setContent('/', `
+    <script>
+      function update() {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          document.querySelector('div').textContent = 'Text to appear';
+        }, 1000);
+      }
+    </script>
+    <body>
+      <button onclick="update()">Click me</button>
+      <div>Text to disappear</div>
+    </body>
+  `, 'text/html');
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_click',
+    arguments: {
+      element: 'Click me',
+      ref: 's1e3',
+    },
+  });
+
+  expect(await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_wait_for',
+    arguments: { text: 'Text to appear' },
+  })).toContainTextContent(`- generic [ref=s3e4]: Text to appear`);
+});
+
+test('browser_wait_for(textGone)', async ({ client, server }) => {
+  server.setContent('/', `
+    <script>
+      function update() {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          document.querySelector('div').textContent = 'Text to appear';
+        }, 1000);
+      }
+    </script>
+    <body>
+      <button onclick="update()">Click me</button>
+      <div>Text to disappear</div>
+    </body>
+  `, 'text/html');
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_click',
+    arguments: {
+      element: 'Click me',
+      ref: 's1e3',
+    },
+  });
+
+  expect(await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_wait_for',
+    arguments: { textGone: 'Text to disappear' },
+  })).toContainTextContent(`- generic [ref=s3e4]: Text to appear`);
+});