# Wait Field Text

> `UiPath.Terminal.Activities.TerminalWaitFieldText`

`UiPath.Terminal.Activities.TerminalWaitFieldText`

## Description

Waits for a specified amount of time for a `String` to appear in a
form field.

The activity is valid only inside a **Terminal Session** activity.

:::note
This activity fails if
the VT family of terminals is being used, either with the Direct Connection provider
or with a provider using a 3rd party terminal emulator, like IBM EHLLAPI. This
happens because the VT family of terminals does not support fields.
:::

## Project compatibility

**Windows - Legacy** | **Windows**

## Configuration

### Designer panel

* **LabeledBy** - The label that appears before the field to be searched
  for.
* **Index** - If there are multiple fields with the same labels, select an
  identifier greater than 0 that describes the order of the label to be searched
  for.
* **FollowedBy** - The label that appears after the field to be searched
  for.
* **Text** - The `String` to be waited for.

### Properties panel

### Common

* **DisplayName** - The display
  name of the activity.

### Field

* **FollowedBy** - The label
  that appears after the field to be searched for.
* **Index** - If there are
  multiple fields with the same labels, select an identifier greater than 0 that
  describes the order of the label to be searched for.
* **LabeledBy** - The label that
  appears before the field to be searched for.

### Input

* **MatchCase** - Specifies if
  the text matching should be case sensitive. Only boolean values (True, False)
  are supported.
* **Text** - The
  `String` to be waited for.

### Misc

* **Private** - If selected, the
  values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

### Options

* **DelayMS** - Delay time (in
  milliseconds) after executing the activity. The default amount of time is 300
  milliseconds (0.3 seconds).
* **TimeoutMS** - Specifies the
  amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error
  is thrown. The default value is 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds).
* **WaitType** - Before
  performing the actions, wait for the target to become ready. The following
  options are available:
  + **NONE** - Does not
    wait for the terminal keyboard to be enabled.
  + **READY** /
    **COMPLETE** - Waits for the terminal keyboard to be enabled. The
    default value is **READY**.Note: The **READY** and **COMPLETE** options
  have the same function, since the wait type is related to the status of the
  terminal keyboard, which has only two states: enabled or
  inhibited.