WebDriver is a tool for writing automated tests of websites. It aims to mimic the behavior of a real user, and as such interacts with the HTML of the application. Rather than running as a JavaScript application within the browser (with the limitations this brings, such as the "same origin" ...
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Selenium 2.0 Webdriver file structure for automation testing
My team uses Selenium 2.0/webdriver to test our enterprise web app. We've been learning and playing with webdriver commands for a while. Each team member has their own style to keep their script ...
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Quicker way to assert that an element does not exist
The goal of my test is to assert that a popup does not appear after certain actions.
Previously to test if the popup exist, i have used exception handling.
try:
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WebDriver function failing intermittently in Internet Explorer near clear() method
Does anyone know why this WebDriver function would be failing intermittently in Internet Explorer? Seems to always fail right around the textbox.clear() line. It works perfectly in Firefox, but fails ...
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WebDriver exception
I am using Fitnesse in order to define some selenium tests.
We got all of them running under CHROME but under FIREFOX some
exceptions are arising.
For running the tests I am using the external chrome ...
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How should I organize a TestNG suite for Selenium 2 WebDriver tests that use page objects?
I'm trying to organize a functional test suite for the UI in a CRUD web application using TestNG-style Selenium 2/WebDriver tests. I've isolated page-interaction logic into distinct page objects, and ...
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Running tests in parallel using Jenkins Grid plugin
I have Jenkins 1.499 running Watir-Webdriver tests on a Windows 2008 (64bit) server alongside the Grid 2 standalone server (and Jenkins Selenium Grid plugin).
I can run my tests through the ...
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How to handle self-signed SSL certificate error in IE8? (Selenium Webdriver + Java)
I am literally stuck to this problem for two days now.
Scenario
The website that needs to be tested has a self-signed certificate. So Internet Explorer (8 in Windows XP) shows
"The security ...
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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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1answer
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How to indicate an ` ` in xpath?
Say we have the following HTML code. What I want is to locate to the label element whose text is 'AgendaShowCapacity (1 remaining)' with XPath.
<div id="pageContent">
<fieldset>
...
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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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Why do I want to use Rake in Selenium Webdriver tests?
My question is why would I want to use rake, make, or ant in any of my automated tests. I specifically use Ruby with Selenium-Webdriver and I have thus far used test-unit to wrap my test cases to ...
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Verify text present in jquery dialog box
I need to verfiy the dialog box displayed on clicking a 'Save' button for below conditions.
Whether the dialog box is displayed?
Text present in the dialog box?
I have tried using all locators ...
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Click submenu which is dynamicly visible in Selenium WebDriver
In my scenario, I need to click the submenu that's only visible when its parent menu is in 'mouse over' status:
MainMenu (button)
SubMenu of MainMenu (span)
SubMenu of SubMenu of MainMenu ...
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I face a problem while opening Firefox with Selenium script
I face a problem while running Selenium scripts. I try to open Firefox using the following command:
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public ...
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How do I close the browser window at the end of a Selenium test?
I have googled for the answer, but the ".stop()" so frequently mentioned doesn't work for me. The Chrome window the test was running in remains open.
def test_getResults(self):
sel = ...
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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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1answer
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Is there a way to disable a JavaScript function of the tested application from Selenium WebDriver automation project?
I need to disable a particular JavaScript function of the main application for which I am creating automated tests using Selenium WebDriver.
Is there a way to do this?
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1answer
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Webdriver addon is not starting with Firefox
I have a Selenium test suite configured to run with Django & teamcity but today I have noticed that when running my tests locally, Firefox launches without the Webdriver addon bar across the ...
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1answer
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Parse .htaccess credentials in Internet Explorer
I am trying to access a .htaccess protected test url
and I get the following error When i am trying to run the tests in IE
Failed to navigate to ...
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1answer
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How to extract the Safari extension from the base code?
I got the developer certificate from Apple and running Selenium 2.23.1 jar. I checked out the base code from Selenium website and when I ran the command " go Safari", I am getting the following error ...
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1answer
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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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Why does IE9 running WebDriver scripts gets out of focus if other applications are open?
I have automated tests running on IE9 on Windows 7 64 bit. The application under test is a simple webform with a 'Next' button on each page. When i run the automated tests on Firefox 12 they run in ...
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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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Ctrl+Click using WebDriver
There is a similar question concerning Watir-WebDriver.
What is the best way to do Ctrl+click on a DOM element?
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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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3answers
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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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2answers
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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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1answer
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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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Problems with maintenance of Selenium on grid service
We have cluster of 5 nodes with all of them are Firefox nodes only. We have ran into so many issues maintaining the grid up and running.
Selenium nodes goes out of memory (JAVA heap space issues)
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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Unable to get Selenium Web Driver running with Java
I tried running the following code to start running Selenium WebDriver on Java, using the following code
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import ...
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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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selenium: How to identify the button WebElement
On my web page I have the following two buttons:
<button onclick="addToSelected('newApplicationForm');">Add Strategy</button>
<button ...
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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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1answer
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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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Selenium WebDriver: select value from KendoUI DropDownList
I'm not being able to select a value from a Kendo's dropdown, this is the code (C#):
var select = FindElement(By.Id("Type"));
select.SelectByValue("HouseHold");
That's not the selenium raw api, I'm ...
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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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What is the max number of threads allowed for running TestNG tests in parallel?
I’m trying to run TestNG tests in parallel, right now I’ve set “parallel=tests” & ‘thread-count=25’ but I see that only 10 threads are running at a time. Is this testNG’s thread limit? Is there ...
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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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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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Iterating through a table : Avoiding stale element exceptions (Webdriver - Python)
Here is an interesting problem (or at least i think so)
As an Admin I have a table with N entries (51 to give a number). Each entry in a row is a recruiter name with a link to 'Login' as that person.
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