I'm using the Kango framework to develop a browser extension. I open a new tab to let the user input some info. When they submit the form it closes the tab, but I want to select the tab they were previously viewing.
This is pretty trivial in Chrome and Firefox so I hope it's supported, but I can't find a method for it.
While it's not mentioned in their online documentation, a quick read of the code revealed an activate() method on the KangoBrowserTab object. I haven't tested it on IE, but it works great on Chrome and FF.
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How to use VBScript to implement the following:
Open web browser
Load a URL in web browser after opening
List item
Click buttons in the loaded browser
Is this possible using VBScript. Any examples of code to help get me started would be beneficial. Also, my web browser is Chrome.
There is a Selenium webdriver created that works with VB.NET, VBA, and VBScript. Download and install the exe.
There are also lots of example scripts that show loading different browser types or in your case Chrome. Once loaded you just need to program what elements to navigate and click after loading your specific URL.
There might be other ways to launch and run commands against the web browser using VBScript. This is just one way.
SeleniumBasic v2.0.9.0 created by Florent Breheret and open source via git hub.
A Selenium based browser automation framework for VB.Net, Visual Basic Applications and VBScript
Script Example:
Set driver = CreateObject("Selenium.ChromeDriver")
driver.Start
WScript.Echo "Click OK to quit"
driver.Quit
Here is the official SELENIUM page: selenium main page
UPDATE:
Here is a second option that is based on the same concept , but implemented a little different. I am not sure it meets your needs , but thought I would include it as another example.
VBS WebDriver
Examples using the VBS WebDriver which is intended to provide a simple binding for Selenium 2. The bindings include the full functionality of Selenium 2 (WebDriver).
If you press F12 in Internet Explorer you can lie about what browser you are using. Use the compatibility tab (a downward direction play icon) and enter your UA string for a browser they support.
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(v=vs.85).aspx
is it possible to open a xul page (chrome://myext/content/page.xul) with a blank address page?
I want to have a xul page in a new tab to collect some information to my extension, but i wanted to hide the chrome address.
in chrome, some extension pages are shown without an address, like follows:
Evernote Clearly:
Contextinator:
Is it possible on firefox to open the chrome://myext/content/page.xul without showing this address on the address bar?
In firefox, this is usually done by hiding browser chrome.
If you're using addon-sdk, this can be accomplished by including the addon-page like so:
require("sdk/addon-page");
When not using addon-sdk (ie, XUL based extension), then you might need to look into hideChromeForLocation() and inContentWhitelist members of XULBrowser. Hiding browser chrome is explained here and the source code for the members can be found in browser.js: hideChromeForLocation, inContentWhitelist.
Note: XULBrowserWindow itself is a property of window.
var {XULBrowserWindow}=window;
An example of a location with hidden chrome is the Addon Manager (about:addons), which hides the navigation bar when viewing that particular location.
I have a web application I am automating with watir. The application has a browsing page which shows thumbnails for a set of templates. Each thumbnail is a link to the template. I need to open each template in a new tab or window and take a screen shot or print a pdf of the template to verify that it opens correctly and looks correct. Then close that tab or window and return to the template browser to open the next template. I need to do this on firefox/safari chrome and IE mac and windows.
Why not open it in the same tab, take the sreenshot, then go back?
I haven't used Watir, only Selenium, but it looks like Watir has a back method as well. If not, you can probably store the URL of the page with the thumbnails and then open it directly by URL.
You can read the url of the link, store it in an variable, open a new browser window and then with ie.goto(url) you can open the link in a new browser.
I use Conkeror on a daily basis except at work where I need Firebug, since I'm a web developer. I really miss having the "follow link" ability in Conkeror but I don't want to resort to using Vimperator to get it.
Is there any Firefox extension which lets me follow links by hitting a key followed by the link text like in Conkeror?
There are many ways you can already use only the keyboard to browse with Firefox.
Searching pages
The find-as-you-type feature was an epiphany. While Google is great at getting you to the right web page, Firefox's find-as-you-type feature gets you the rest of the way.
Find as you type text: /
Find as you type link: '
Regular old find: Ctrl/Cmd+F
The link search is very useful, especially when used in conjunction with...
Opening pages
Unless you do all of your browsing in one page, these shortcuts are huge when you don't want to go running for your mouse.
Open link in new window: Shift+Enter
Open link in new tab: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter
Open address/search in new tab: Alt/Option+Enter
Used together with their respective shortcuts (address and search bar shortcuts and the find-as-you-type link shortcut), the page opening shortcuts go a long way toward mouse-less browsing.
Of course, you can also use the Mousless Browsing plugin.
Mouseless Browsing (MLB) enables you to browse the web entirely with the keyboard. The basic principle is to add small boxes with unique ids behind every link and/or form element. You just have to type in the id to trigger the corresponding action i.e. following a link, pressing a button or selecting a textfield...
There's Pentadactyl - and all firefox extensions work well with it.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8781
Works even better with Linkification, I might add.
Is it possible through a plugin or setting or something to allow Firefox to recognize the live DOM source code?
Basically, firebug or other similar tools can recognize elements on the page which Firefox does not.
I understand with these extensions I have the ability to see such changes made by javascript, but Firefox does not seem to fully recognize them.
I'll try to clarify.
If I load a page and view source (ctrl-U), I see what the server sent to Firefox, and what Firefox ostensibly recognizes as the source code of the page. If in that source code, there is javascript which alters the DOM, and then I hit (ctrl-U) again, the code is not updated.
I am using a testing tool (iMacros firefox plugin) to automate functionality, but it does not recognize the updated DOM because Firefox does not. Firebug and similar tools can recognize these "live" updates. Does that help?
http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/04/viewing-ajax-generated-source-code/
You can try using the web-developer extension with a view-generated-source option.
I'm still not sure I understand your question, but I think what you're getting at is the Web Developer extension for FireFox, specifically its "View Generated Source" feature.
That will let you see the altered DOM.
Firebug gives u this ability:
for instance check the HTML tab when running a jquery ticker and see the dynamic changes live in the DOM
Usually, when I have weird issues with either the console or the DOM inspector with firebug, I find restarting the browser and validating your code is the way forward.
That said, I'm not really following your question, the document that firebug shows is the same one in the firefox window...?
It looks like the problem is not that you want firefox to show the current DOM when you hit CTRL+U, but that you want some automated testing tool to be able to test your web pages.
Perhaps you should use a testing tool that is suited to the job of testing rich web applications, Selenium, for example, can do this.