fixed regression in waitfortext (#4717)

* fixed regression in waitfortext

* fixed wait test for wait for text

* fixed retries for PW waitForText test

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Co-authored-by: DavertMik <[email protected]>

Author: DavertMik

lib/helper/Playwright.js

@@ -2688,6 +2688,9 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
     if ((this.context && this.context.constructor.name === 'FrameLocator') || this.context) {
       return this.context
     }
+    if (this.frame) {
+      return this.frame
+    }
     return this.page
   }
 
@@ -2752,26 +2755,21 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
   async waitForText(text, sec = null, context = null) {
     const waitTimeout = sec ? sec * 1000 : this.options.waitForTimeout
     const errorMessage = `Text "${text}" was not found on page after ${waitTimeout / 1000} sec.`
-    let waiter
 
     const contextObject = await this._getContext()
 
     if (context) {
       const locator = new Locator(context, 'css')
-      if (!locator.isXPath()) {
-        try {
-          await contextObject
+      try {
+        if (!locator.isXPath()) {
+          return contextObject
             .locator(`${locator.isCustom() ? `${locator.type}=${locator.value}` : locator.simplify()} >> text=${text}`)
             .first()
             .waitFor({ timeout: waitTimeout, state: 'visible' })
-        } catch (e) {
-          throw new Error(`${errorMessage}\n${e.message}`)
         }
-      }
 
-      if (locator.isXPath()) {
-        try {
-          await contextObject.waitForFunction(
+        if (locator.isXPath()) {
+          return contextObject.waitForFunction(
             ([locator, text, $XPath]) => {
               eval($XPath) // eslint-disable-line no-eval
               const el = $XPath(null, locator)
@@ -2781,27 +2779,34 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
             [locator.value, text, $XPath.toString()],
             { timeout: waitTimeout },
           )
-        } catch (e) {
-          throw new Error(`${errorMessage}\n${e.message}`)
         }
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new Error(`${errorMessage}\n${e.message}`)
       }
-    } else {
-      // we have this as https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/26829 is not yet implemented
-
-      const _contextObject = this.frame ? this.frame : contextObject
-      let count = 0
-      do {
-        waiter = await _contextObject
-          .locator(`:has-text(${JSON.stringify(text)})`)
-          .first()
-          .isVisible()
-        if (waiter) break
-        await this.wait(1)
-        count += 1000
-      } while (count <= waitTimeout)
-
-      if (!waiter) throw new Error(`${errorMessage}`)
     }
+
+    const timeoutGap = waitTimeout + 1000
+
+    // We add basic timeout to make sure we don't wait forever
+    // We apply 2 strategies here: wait for text as innert text on page (wide strategy) - older
+    // or we use native Playwright matcher to wait for text in element (narrow strategy) - newer
+    // If a user waits for text on a page they are mostly expect it to be there, so wide strategy can be helpful even PW strategy is available
+    return Promise.race([
+      new Promise((_, reject) => {
+        setTimeout(() => reject(errorMessage), waitTimeout)
+      }),
+      this.page.waitForFunction(text => document.body && document.body.innerText.indexOf(text) > -1, text, { timeout: timeoutGap }),
+      promiseRetry(
+        async retry => {
+          const textPresent = await contextObject
+            .locator(`:has-text(${JSON.stringify(text)})`)
+            .first()
+            .isVisible()
+          if (!textPresent) retry(errorMessage)
+        },
+        { retries: 1000, minTimeout: 500, maxTimeout: 500, factor: 1 },
+      ),
+    ])
   }
 
   /**