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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Selenium Web-driver tests failing in Test-Controller machine when its not viewed
I am facing a strange problem with my selenium webdriver qa automation project.
FindElementByXPath(element); seems to work fine when running it in my local machine but then does not work when i try ...
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Selenium tests aren´t launched anymore
I used to be able to launch all my Selenium2 WebDriver tests in Ruby on Rails via rake test:units. But recently, my test case(s) won't be found anymore. I dont get any notification or error message. ...
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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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Is there an Interface to Run Selenium 2.0 WebDriver Test Cases other than NUnit?
Is it possible to wrap around Selenium 2.0 WebDriver Test Cases with anything other than NUnit for C# code? Or perhaps NUnit has a nice application to do this with? If not, how can I wrap around the ...
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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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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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Selenium: Ajax Testing
Please brief me about the Ajax testing with selenium RC.
As in Ajax element does not reflect on the view-source, but using firebug we can see the changes in HTML source code.
There are two methods ...
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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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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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Inconsistent results when capturing javascript errors with WebDriver
I'm using a technique I found here, to capture javascript errors for testing purposes. It's a technique that is frequently recommended on Stack Overflow for those who need to catch JavaScript errors ...
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Har File Monitoring
I'm looking to automate some testing of calls we make to an external service. I've gotten Browsermob-proxy and selenium to play together nicely. I'd now like to monitor the requests as they occur, ...
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switching windows with Selenium2 and c# where popup window has same title as originating window
I've been attempting to figure this out for the past two days, unfortunately with no luck. I'm currently automating a scenario where a new window for a form is popped up from the main application ...
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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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Open [hidden] new window in webdriver without instantiating new driver in WebDriver
I've researched this to some extent already by searching StackOverflow and SQA, but cannot find the answer.
Is it possible to open a new WebDriver browser window from the current FirefoxDriver ...
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Selenium 2 element.click() is unreliable
I am using Selenium 2 2.16 build. I've been running into problems where I get a variable response to a click() call, where sometimes the click activates the behaviour behind the element (new page ...
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How to get XPath of a list element generated by AJAX?
When I type a keyword ("Documents 1.xml")
driver.findElement(By.id("documentSelect_enter")).sendKeys("Documents 1.xml");
in this field:
<input id="documentSelect_enter" type="text" ...
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Using Selenium Webdriver with Windows Authentication
I'm attempting to create some selenium tests for a website that requires windows authentication. I got my first test up and running fairly easily, but it pauses as soon as the system prompts for ...
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WebDriver API: 'Failed to send keys because cannot focus element' — better workaround than using Firefox instead of Chrome?
There's a bug in the chromedriver.exe Chrome driver for Selenium's WebDriver API. You can't use send_keys for certain types of inputs, like for the jQuery plugin "EZPZ Hint". It works okay on simple ...
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Webdriver line by line runinfo in eclipse console
I use a test setup with Webdriver and TestNG in Eclipse using java client.
Earlier when i was using Selenium 1 in this same setup, it was giving a very descriptive line by line run-info which made ...
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How to instantiate a .NET FirefoxDriver when FF is installed in non-default location?
My Firefox 5 is installed not at the default location. So, I tried with the following to create a FirefoxDriver:
private IWebDriver driver;
[SetUp]
public void SetupTest()
{
var ffBinary = new ...
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How to fix “Permission denied to access property 'document'”?
I posted it on stackoverflow.com. Someone suggested me to post it here...
While trying to automate testing with selenium rc I ran into this problem. I was just following the steps in the tutorials. ...
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What is the Java code to subclass HtmlUnitDriver to support http authentication?
Is it possible to subclass a Java object in the constructor?
I am a Java newbie trying out Selenium example in a faq, ...
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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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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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How to click a link / button implemented as a div or span element with WebDriver
in my testing I need to click on a 'link' or a 'button' (actually it just looks like and functions as a link or a button) that is implemented as a div (or span) element. With Selenium IDE, I tried ...
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What is a good way to refresh page elements when using WebDriver .Net with IE 8?
I'm automating a part of the User Profile UI we have using WebDriver Selenium 2, I'm coding in Visual Studio so I am using the .Net version as I am more comfortable in C#, and I am testing this with ...
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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.
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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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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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Problem catching Selenium Webdriver NoSuchElementException
I have many test cases written in C# using Selenium2 Webdriver with NUnit. I have a problem that when a NoSuchElementException is thrown, it is treated as an unhandled exception despite me using a ...
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Selenium 2.0 WebDriver: Clearing Session Data
Is there a way to clear out session data for a driver instance in WebDriver? My code is written in C# (and NUnit), but I'm not picky on the language for the answer.
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Speed up launch of WebDriver Firefox Window
When WebDriver initializes, there is a long waiting time when a browser window launches before the actual automated test begins. How can I speed this up? Is there a way to have a browser window ...
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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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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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WebDriver: Can I inject a jQuery script for a page that isn't using jQuery?
Is it possible to inject a jQuery script into a page if the page isn't already using jQuery? We have a few pages in our sites where we don't add jQuery if it doesn't need it, but I'm using it to ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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How to start a Selenium2 WebDriver window in background?
I have a series of Selenium2 test cases in C#/NUnit that are run sequentially. Each test case runs in a new instance of the WebDriver (and this is necessary) - which means that each time a new test ...
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Click() command in Webdriver API not working
I have tested a scenario where I have to enter user credentials and click on login button using Selenium2 (version selenium2.19-standalone.jar)
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Some Selenium tests fail on server but pass locally
i'd like to know if anyone faced the following problem with Selenium tests run:
when scripts are running locally all tests pass, but when they are ran on server for the same site some of tests fail ...
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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, ...
