Selenium 2 is the second major release of Selenium, an open source framework for testing web applications. A major difference between Selenium 1 and Selenium 2 is the latter's use of WebDriver.
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Does Selenium's LoadableComponent make sense in a SPA (Single Page Application)?
I'm writing a UI testing suite for a single page javascript application using Selenium 2 web driver. I'm still experimenting with how to fit the app inside a page object model. At the moment I am ...
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Selenium WebDriver | Unable to switch to apparent pop-up
I am trying to automate Peoplesoft 9 based Web application on Firefox 20.0.1. On clicking a search icon another form opens which I thought to be a pop-up and tried my code -
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Selenium Webdriver | Unable to locate element error
I am trying to run the below code but getting error. Can you please point out the issue?
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import ...
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Is Selenium 2 WebDriver JavaDoc API available offline?
Can I get a offline copy/archive of Selenium Webdriver Javadoc API which is available here so that I can bind the same to my Eclipse IDE for offline use?
A ready-made HTML archive will be ...
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Fitnesse + WebDriver: any working solution?
Could you please tell me if there were any attempts to integrate Fitnesse and Selenium WebDriver? I'm looking for something like Selenesse (https://github.com/marisaseal/selenesse), but for WebDriver, ...
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Is it a good idea to learn Selenium RC alongside Webdriver
I have recently started exploring Selenium. According to the experts future lies in Selenium Webdriver. But my question is being a predecessor should I also learn Selenium RC? Will it be worth ...
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Unable to launch Chrome in remote webdriver
I have tried the following three options . I am using C#
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.Chrome();
capabilities.SetCapability("chrome.binary", ...
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How to know if a checkbox is selected when using robot framework
I am using robot framework. How can I test if a checkbox is selected?
I want to run a keyword if a checkbox is selected like:
${checked} = Checkbox Should Not Be Selected ...
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Is it possible to stop page loading on the browser using selenium web-driver?
I searched online, but couldn't find anything about how to stop page loading over a browser using selenium web-driver.
Any idea for the same?
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Testing Server/Workstation Hardware specs recommendations?
I wanted to reach out and get some opinions of Testing hardware. Should I use VMs or a stand-alone tower? If I use VMs, what would be some recommended hardware specs for the hosting server? If a ...
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Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser + selenium + robotframework
I'm using robotframework+seleniumlibrary and I often got the following error when I launch test cases
Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser
I'm connected by "ssh -X ...
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Selenium - page load timeout
Is it possible to set timeout for page load in Selenium test?
I have a problem, when sometimes test execution freezes on page load (application doesn't load new page, test hangs up), so test needs to ...
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“session has expired” error - after clicking a button with webdriver in IE8
After clicking a button in my application with webdriver, it gives me “sorry..your session has been expired” in IE8 and i am unable to proceed. But I am able to do it manually.
Now to proceed with ...
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Webdriver Check if Checkbox is Set and Set it if Not
I am learning Webdriver with JUnit by going through Alan Richardson's Selenium Simplified book and taking translating the exercises/tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. So far, this has proven to be ...
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How to close pop up window in Selenium webdriver?
Below is my Selenium Webdriver script. When I run this script my website is opened but the popup window is also opened. How do I close this popup window so the script can continue? Take a look on ...
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check for value if found before adding it to my drop down list?
i have a drop down list that i add items to it,i ask the user to type in brand name and check first if that brand is already found on the drop down list if yes prints a message if no do some actions.
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WebDriver Ruby binding: How to specify Firefox binary path in code?
I'm writing my test cases in Windows7 with Ruby (v1.9.3-p194).
Please, note that I want to specify Firefox binary path when using RemoteWebDriver, not FirefoxDriver.
Here is the command line I used ...
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TestNG IRetryAnalyzer not working
I am using TestNG IRetryAnalyser, I am facing following issues
When I implement the listener and override retry () method getting following:
Listener ...
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Testing native application of Android and iOS
I am searching for an open source automation tool for all mobile platforms (Android, iOS).I have experience in using Selenium in all supported desktop browsers. I would like to know whether the ...
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How to capture the errors handling in Selenium WebDriver
i have created a framework where all the WebDriver API resides and in other project I am just calling those test cases I have created but the problem is that if anything goes wrong in the test case I ...
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WebDriverWait or ImplicitlyWait or ExplictlyWait nothing works
I'm using Selenium 2 tests (written in C#) that choose values from a "select" control. Selection causes a post-back to the server, which updates the state of the page. I am therefore performing a ...
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How to assert values on a page opened by a link on another page?
A link on page 1 opens a new page "receipt page". It contains only text values. I need to assert or verify values on the receipt page to ensure that this is the correct receipt.
After executing the ...
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How to retrieve INT value from TEXT box using Selenium/Webdriver Python binding?
Hi guys. I have this code
tcost = driver.find_element_by_id("MainContent_txtTotalCost").text
total = int(tcost)
driver.find_element_by_id("MainContent_txtVisa").send_keys(total/2)
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Select a certain item by clicking a link beside that item
I have a popup with list of names. I need to choose "mahmoud" for instance by clicking the "select" link beside the label "mahmoud". How to click that select? I am using selenium webdriver with ...
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What are the advantages of web driver over selenium RC?
Please provide answers in detail, So that we could clarify that which one is to choose, Web driver or Selenium RC.
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Automated tests pass every time when run individually, but when they are clumped into a test suite it's a toss up if the tests will pass
I have around 200 test classes for my web application at the moment. I use Selenium2/Webdriver and the tests are written in java, with TestNG used as my framework.
When I run each test by itself, ...
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parameterized JUnit tests with HtmlUnitDriver leading to test termination
I came across an unusual issue with my automation tests while using the HtmlUnitDriver. I have been using the junit parameterized class to iterate over a list of urls to run some of my tests. The test ...
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Is there a way to shorten the time Selenium2/Webdriver takes to look for an element when a failure is expected?
Selenium2/WebDriver is optimized for positive testing paths. My web application hides elements based on user permissions. I am looking for an element and throwing-catching the exception when it does ...
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More official way to leave browser window open upon failure?
My coworker Chris came up with this, and it works, but I wonder if there's a more "official" way to do this using unittest.TestCase in Python.
def tearDown(self):
""" clean up by closing the ...
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Conditional statement for fail and error test outcomes in Selenium?
Say I have this function:
def tearDown(self):
""" clean up by closing the browser window """
self.driver.quit()
I want to skip closing the browser if the test failed or errored out (so ...
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JUnit Framework - Selenium Webdriver - Excel Input Output - Apache POI
I would like to know, do we use Apache POI when interacting with Excel Files for Selenium Webdriver (under JUnit framework) or is there any better approach?
Let me know if further clarity is ...
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Click event in Selenium webdriver is not working [closed]
I tried everything: click, send, etc.
Below is my code:
WebElement element = ((WrapsDriver) selenium)
.getWrappedDriver().findElement(By.xpath(LOGOUT_XPATH));
element.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);
try {
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How to Spy elements in an in-browser applet
I am trying to automate user interaction on a web application which is having embedded java applet in it. Need a tool that can spy the objects in the java applet in browser .
The plan is to use FEST ...
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How to fix intermittent typing problems with send_keys?
See attached. Once in awhile (say, one in several hundred test runs), I'll have something like this happen:
What it should have typed was AttachmentCount:0.
Another example where it is retyping ...
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a Selenium with Ruby tutorials?
I have gone through this book http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/selenium/ which is excellent and I highly recommend it to everyone! I was wondering if there is a similar book/tutorial with a Ruby focus ...
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Load testing for free or cheap without having to setup Selenium Grid?
One of these days I need to setup Grid, but I don't have much time lately. My need is pretty simple: run concurrent find operations to load test our search service. I know there are things like ...
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IE always opens with random local host and msg:"This is the initial start page for the WebDriver server
i have my webdriver tests running parallel in IE, chrome and firefox, when i run test in IE browser it node gets registered with the hub, and the browser opens and it gets redirected to some random ...
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Dependent methods in the same class run out of order only when included in a “testng suite”; running class independently respects the dependency
I have a class with dependent methods using the TestNG annotation
dependsOnMethods
The test runs fine 100% of the time if I simply run it as a TestNG Test from the package.
When I include the test ...
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Issue with losing focus of “hover” command when the mouse is outside of the active window
If I automate mouse actions using Selenium2/Webdriver in combination with Firefox 12, I can easily get the "mouse" to move to and hover over a context menu so the sub-menus are seen. However, if I ...
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"Element is no longer attached to the DOM” StaleElementReferenceException when selecting HTML table row
I am using Selenium 2/WebDriver for automation. I have a table and am trying to select a row in it. When the test runs, I can see the row become highlighted as if it is clicked, but then immediately I ...
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Should Selenium 2 WebDriver tests of CRUD operations be self-contained and independent?
I am currently writing Selenium 2 WebDriver tests for an ASP.NET MVC 2 website (the tests are written in C# and run with NUnit as the testrunner). I'm familiar with unit testing (and have written ...
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Handling popup with many buttons using Selenium webdriver
I'm using Selenium web driver with Java language. When there are two buttons in a popup i.e. ok and cancel , it can be easily handled with web driver using the following code:
Alert alert = ...
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Is there any way to convert existing QTP script in to selenium?
Is there any way to convert existing QTP script in to selenium? if yes then how ? is there any converter to convert or recreation of script is only possible solution for tha?
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Read requests and responses made by browser on naviagating a web page in C# webdriver
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I wants to read all the requests and responses made and get by the browser on navigating on a page.
For ex: If I navigate to ...
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How to automate the action on a canvas object, when the canvas element has no name or ID in Selenium?
I want to automate the testing for a digital signature, which is a canvas element...Can anyone provide me with sample code, which could be used...I have tried, selenium.clickAt(), ...
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Advance commands of Selenium are not working in IE browser
I am using the SeleniumBackedWebdriver API in my current project, which supports both Selenium RC and WebDriver APIs. The Advanced User Interactions API like mouseUp(), mouseDown(), runScript() are ...
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SSO in Selemium web driver
I am trying to run selenium web driver(Firefox) test cases which will need a single sign on (web). Issue over here is i have to sign in manually with my OTP every time i tear down the test case. So i ...
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How can I access a site protected with basic HTTP authentication using Python, Selenium2, and Chrome Webdriver
I'm using the Python bindings for Selenium2 with the Chrome webdriver. I need to access a site that is protected with basic HTTP authentication.
from selenium import webdriver
driver = ...
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Testing Page Layout with webdriver
Has anyone tried to test the page layout of a website using webdriver? To be specific, using webelement.getPosition() and webelement.getDimension().
Shouldn't these two methods be enough for testing ...
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How to configure selenium Web driver into Eclipse
I want to Integrate the selenium Web driver test into eclipse, but i am really stuck at this point. Can any one help me at this point.
