Playwright does a range of actionability checks on the elements before performing certain actions. These checks ensure that action behaves as expected, for example Playwright does not click on a disabled button.
Playwright waits until all the relevant actionability checks pass before performing an action. This means that action will fail with the `TimeoutError` if checks do not pass within the specified `timeout`.
Some actions like [`method: Page.click`] support `force` option that disables non-essential actionability checks, for example passing truthy `force` to [`method: Page.click`] method will not check that the target element actually receives click events.
Element is considered visible when it has non-empty bounding box and does not have `visibility:hidden` computed style. Note that elements of zero size or with `display:none` are not considered visible.
### Stable
Element is considered stable when it has maintained the same bounding box for at least two consecutive animation frames.
Element is considered receiving pointer events when it is the hit target of the pointer event at the action point. For example, when clicking at the point `(10;10)`, Playwright checks whether some other element (usually an overlay) will instead capture the click at `(10;10)`.
### Attached
Element is considered attached when it is [connected](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/isConnected) to a Document or a ShadowRoot.
- For selector-based actions, Playwright first waits for an element matching `selector` to be attached to the DOM, and then checks that element is still attached before performing the action. If element was detached, the action is retried from the start.
- For handle-based actions, Playwright throws if the element is not attached.
