Krdytkyu

I'm using this script for Google Chrome to pause the script until the page is fully loaded:

tell application "Google Chrome"

        repeat until (loading of front window's tab 2 is false)

            1 + 1 --just an arbitary line

        end repeat

        loading of front window's tab 2 

    end tell 

This don't seems to work with Safari, any equivalent?

1. AppleScript source property

You could try using Safari's source property, which is "" until the HTML code gets loaded into it (which can only be done once the page is loaded). Note, however, that this doesn't necessarily imply that the page has been rendered:

tell application "Safari"

     .

     .

    repeat while document 1's source = ""

        delay 0.5

    end repeat

     .

     .

end tell

The source property is reset to "" even between page loads/reloads.

2. Reload button UI element

If you want to know that a page is loaded and rendered on screen, then a reliable method is to determine whether the button in the URL bar is a "reload" button (page loaded and rendered), or a "cancel" button (page still loading/rendering):

tell application "System Events" to repeat until exists (buttons of ¬

    UI elements of groups of toolbar 1 of window 1 of ¬

    process "Safari" whose name = "Reload this page")



    delay 0.5

end repeat

3. JavaScript readyState property

If you have Allow JavaScript from Apple Events ticked in the Develop menu, then you can access the readyState property of the document:

tell application "Safari"

     .

     .

    tell document 1 to repeat

        do JavaScript "document.readyState"

        if the result = "complete" then exit repeat

        delay 0.5

    end repeat

     .

     .

end tell

The document.readyState JavaScript property returns one of five values:

• 
  uninitialized: Has not started loading yet


• 
  loading: Is loading


• 
  loaded: Has been loaded


• 
  interactive: Has loaded enough and the user can interact with it


• 
  complete: Fully loaded

If I really want to wait until the page is completely loaded, here is one way that I've found to be more reliable then other methods I've found for Safari:

Example AppleScript code:

tell application "Safari" to ¬

    make new document with properties ¬

        {URL:"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/343624/applescript-wait-for-page-fully-loaded"}



tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari" to ¬

    set reload_button to a reference to ¬

        (first button whose name is "Reload this page") of ¬

        UI element 1 of groups of toolbar 1 of window 1



using terms from application "System Events"

    repeat until the accessibility description ¬

        of the reload_button ¬

        contains "Reload this page"

        delay 0.25    -- # Adjust value of delay as appropriate.

    end repeat

end using terms from



-- # Code to run after the page is completely loaded goes here:

_{Adapted for my use from CJK's answer to AppleScript Help: Wait for Safari Page to load}

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also Working with Errors.