Selenium goBack and wait - selenium

I have this selenium test (a part of it).
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td></td>
<td>localhost:8091</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>link=Rest objects</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[3]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>assertText</td>
<td>xpath=(//div[not(div)][1])</td>
<td>ID: 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>goBack</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[5]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>goBack</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>.
I use Selenium IDE in Firefox. When I run it slowly (toggle speed), it works well. However, when I try to run it faster, I get error at the step <td>clickAndWait</td> after <td>goBack</td>. The log says,
Element xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[5] not found.
My questions, how to go back and wait until the page is loaded before I perform other actions.


You have to use waitForPageToLoad command adter click on element till the page loaded and then perform other actions
Use Below code
<tr>
<td>click</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[5]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>waitForPageToLoad</td>
<td>10000</td>
<td></td>
</tr>


Thanks (#Trimantra Software Solution).
waitForPageToLoad this is what I needed.
From documentation:
waitForPageToLoad(timeout)
Arguments:
timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which this command will return with an error
Waits for a new page to load.
This is my solution, I used waitForPageToLoad after goBack.
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td></td>
<td>localhost:8091</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>link=Rest objects</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[3]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>assertText</td>
<td>xpath=(//div[not(div)][1])</td>
<td>ID: 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>goBack</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>waitForPageToLoad</td>
<td>800</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[contains(text(),'Show')])[5]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>goBack</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>


I see a goBackAndWait() variant of this command. That might work for you.
Typically I'd advise using a waitFor to ensure the page is back to where you want. Simplest that may work is waitForTitle if possible.
waitForElementPresent & waitForText also good ones to look at.

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<tr>
<td>storeElementPresent</td>
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<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>/list</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>storeAllLinks</td>
<td>linkArray</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>getEval</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>index</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<tr>
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<tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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</thead><tbody>
<tr>
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr>
<td>getEval</td>
<td>index = 1;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>while</td>
<td>index < 10;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>storeEval</td>
<td>index</td>
<td>value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>echo</td>
<td>survey ${value}</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>getEval</td>
<td>index++;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>endWhile</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
in the name text box field you give the value has survey ${value},
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using this while loop put your form inside this while loop.
Try it
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<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>/SurveyHome.aspx</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>getEval</td>
<td>index = 1;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>while</td>
<td>index < 100;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>storeEval</td>
<td>index</td>
<td>value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>echo</td>
<td>survey ${value}</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_gvSurvey_ctl02</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtsurname</td>
<td>survey ${value}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>click</td>
<td>id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_btncopyok</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>getEval</td>
<td>index++;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>endWhile</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<tr>
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<tr>
<td>store</td>
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<tr>
<td>while</td>
<td>storedVars.i<=storedVars.users</td>
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<tr>
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<tr>
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<td>l1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td></td>
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<tr>
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