How to convert Selenium IWebElement in Selenium Locator By C#?

Question

How to convert IWebElement in Locator Selenium WebDriver Page Objects?

I work like this:

using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.PageObjects;
        [FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "user")]
        public IWebElement txtUser { get; set; }

        public void fillUserField(string user)
        {
           wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("user")));
           txtUser.SendKeys(user);
        }

I do not want to repeat the ID "user" in wait.

I don't work like this:

    public void fillUserField(string user)
    {   // TO DO - Convert IWebElement in Locator (BY)
        //Argument1: Cannot convert from 'OpenQA.Selenium.IWebElement' to 'OpenQA.Selenium.By'  
        wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.**ElementIsVisible(txtUser)**);
        txtUser.SendKeys(user);
    }

Is possible? Thanks!

Answer 1

You would declare a locator at the top of the class.

public By userLocator = By.Id("user");

and then use it like

wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(userLocator));