How does the Delay after and Delay before properties for click work?

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I tried to edit the properties of a click activity. I entered 600 for the delay after but the delay doesnt stop. How many deconds is the 600 delay for? Am i getting the settings wrong?

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Hi @Martins_Micheal

If you are using Modern activity then just put in second normally,
If you want 60second delay then just put 60.

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@Martins_Micheal
Like this

The image shows a software interface from UiPath displaying settings for a click activity on a button labeled 'Masters,' with specific options for mouse click type and a delay configuration of 60 seconds. (Captioned by AI)
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Hey @Martins_Micheal if you use modern activity and when you hover on the timeout option it’s give you a hint details the time function working in modern like 30- means 30 sec.
while in classic if you want to add 30 sec you have to mention like this 30000.

This image shows a UiPath automation configuration with a focus on a click activity, demonstrating the timeout setting with a default value of 30 seconds alongside various properties and settings related to the activity. (Captioned by AI)
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and if you not change the time out it will take 30 sec for modern and as well as for classic too.
and same work for other timeout options too - like delay after/before etc and the default time out is like 0.3 or 0.2 means it wait some macro sec so you can modify it to your according.
cheers

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@Martins_Micheal

how it works is once the previous activity completes it would wait for specified time for next activity to begin for delay before and delay after will be like the current activity completes and then it waits before it moves to next activity

now coming to type…in classic activities 600 would mean 600 milli seconds which is 0.6 seconds…in modern activities 600 would mean 600 seconds..based on this looks like you are using classic as it is not waiting at all…as 0.6 seconds is very small

Hope this helps

cheers

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@Martins_Micheal,

Follow the documentation:

The image is a screenshot of documentation detailing the properties of a Click activity, including its default behavior, error handling, and timing configurations, with an emphasis on the ContinueOnError setting. (Captioned by AI)
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My first question is why are you using this delay? Hard-coding delays usually isn’t good design. If you’re waiting for something to happen before moving to the next activity, that’s what Check App State, Wait For Download, etc are for.

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