I have scenario where clicking on some link in parent window opens a new window, after performing the actions on the child window, iam unable get back focus on the parent window, I have used the command driver.switchTo().window(parentWindowHandle)
where parentWindowHandle is the window handler of parent window.
I have also used the SeleniumWebDriver backed command selectWindow(parentWindowHandle)
I am getting the error
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: 'auto_id' does not refer to an open tab (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 15 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.21.0', revision: '16552', time: '2012-04-11 19:08:38'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0-ea'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
Command duration or timeout: 31 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.21.0', revision: '16552', time: '2012-04-11 19:08:38'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0-ea'
Driver info: driver.version: TafRemoteWebDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:175)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:128)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:459)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:463)
at com.socialtwist.taf.webdriver.TafRemoteWebDriver.getScreenshotAs(TafRemoteWebDriver.java:22)
at com.socialtwist.taf.selenium.TafSelenium.screenShot(TafSelenium.java:1008)
at com.socialtwist.taf.testnghelpers.CustomTestListener.afterInvocation(CustomTestListener.java:36)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.InvokedMethodListenerInvoker$InvokeAfterInvocationWithoutContextStrategy.callMethod(InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.java:100)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.invokeListener(InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.java:62)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.runInvokedMethodListeners(Invoker.java:579)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:727)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:846)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1170)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
at org.testng.TestRunner.runWorkers(TestRunner.java:1147)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:749)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:600)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:317)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:312)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:274)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:223)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1049)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:974)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:905)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:111)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:203)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:174)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: 'auto_id' does not refer to an open tab (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 15 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.21.0', revision: '16552', time: '2012-04-11 19:08:38'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0-ea'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
Build info: version: '2.21.0', revision: '16552', time: '2012-04-11 19:08:38'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0-ea'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:175)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:128)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:459)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:463)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.getScreenshotAs(ChromeDriver.java:149)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.CaptureScreenshot.call(CaptureScreenshot.java:36)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.CaptureScreenshot.call(CaptureScreenshot.java:1)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:151)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
This is failing in Chrome, but the same is working in FireFox browser. I have used selenium-standalone-server-2.24.1.jar and Chrome driver 20 on Windows machine.