uitest: no need to pass the parent as a parameter

Change-Id: I750b5600d3e4ef8ba5a0666133b9066904b4cbec
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/111450
Tested-by: Xisco Fauli <xiscofauli@libreoffice.org>
Reviewed-by: Xisco Fauli <xiscofauli@libreoffice.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/uitest/uitest/test.py b/uitest/uitest/test.py
index 675d8eea4e03..6c10d9821016 100644
--- a/uitest/uitest/test.py
+++ b/uitest/uitest/test.py
@@ -48,15 +48,21 @@ class UITest(object):
             if component is not None:
                 return component
 
-    def wait_until_child_is_available(self, parent, childName):
+    def wait_until_child_is_available(self, childName):
         time_ = 0
+        xChild = None
+
         while time_ < MAX_WAIT:
-            if childName in parent.getChildren():
+            xDialog = self._xUITest.getTopFocusWindow()
+            if childName in xDialog.getChildren():
+                xChild = xDialog.getChild(childName)
                 break
             else:
                 time_ += DEFAULT_SLEEP
                 time.sleep(DEFAULT_SLEEP)
 
+        return xChild
+
     def wait_until_property_is_updated(self, element, propertyName, value):
         time_ = 0
         while time_ < MAX_WAIT: