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.

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📦 Properties

Property	Type	Required	Description
durationInMs	Expression (Number)	❌	Delay duration in milliseconds

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✅ 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

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⚙️ 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

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🛠️ 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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