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sidebar_label: Locator.setWaitForStableBoundingBox
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# Locator.setWaitForStableBoundingBox() method

Creates a new locator instance by cloning the current locator and specifying whether the locator has to wait for the element's bounding box to be same between two consecutive animation frames.

### Signature

```typescript
class Locator {
  setWaitForStableBoundingBox<ElementType extends Element>(
    this: Locator<ElementType>,
    value: boolean,
  ): Locator<ElementType>;
}
```

## Parameters

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Parameter

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Type

</th><th>

Description

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<tbody><tr><td>

this

</td><td>

[Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md)&lt;ElementType&gt;

</td><td>

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value

</td><td>

boolean

</td><td>

</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
**Returns:**

[Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md)&lt;ElementType&gt;

#### Default value:

`true`
