The getBy* queries provided by DOM Testing Library allow you to find an element by various criteria in the rendered component. These queries are synchronous. If you need to find an element in response to an async event, you'll have to wrap it in a waitFor call.

DOM Testing Library also provides a set of findBy* queries as a convenience which have essentially wrapped the corresponding getBy* calls in waitFor calls under the hood.

You can use these with async/await:

test("displays validation warnings for required fields", async () => {
  render(<MyFormComponent />);

  fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Submit"));

  // validation on Name field
  const nameValidation = await screen.findByTestId("error-name");
  expect(nameValidation.innerHTML).toBe("Required");
});

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