Delay

The Delay action introduces a pause in action execution, allowing you to control timing between operations. This is essential for creating smooth user experiences, coordinating animations, or pacing sequential operations.


📦 Properties

Property
Type
Required
Description

durationInMs

Expression (Number)

Delay duration in milliseconds


✅ Common Use Cases

  • Adding pauses between UI transitions or animations

  • Delaying toast notifications to allow visual feedback to complete

  • Creating staggered effects in action sequences

  • Waiting for user attention before proceeding with next steps

  • Coordinating with external services or API rate limits


⚙️ Default Behavior

By default:

Behavior
Description

Duration Handling

If no duration is specified, delay completes immediately

Execution Blocking

Subsequent actions wait for the delay to complete

UI Responsiveness

App remains responsive during delay (non-blocking UI)

Precision

Delay duration is in milliseconds with 1ms precision


🛠️ How to Use

  1. Insert the Delay action between other actions in a sequence

  2. Set the durationInMs to the desired wait time in milliseconds

  3. Add subsequent actions that should execute after the delay

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