I want to check if an IE is already opened or not
If IE is opened so i.e. Goto("WWW.GOOGLE.COM");
else open new IE and goto Yahoo.com
for example:
br = new WatiN.Core.IE(#textBox1.Text);
then when I press a button I want to check if IE is opened or not and perform the previous scenario.
Use:
IE.Exists(Find.ByUrl("Yahoo.com"));
In WatiN 2.0 RC1 this will be:
Browser.Exists<IE>(Find.ByUrl("Yahoo.com"));
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I created multiple browsers and I'm in need to switch between them however when I go the conventional way I get this error message.which is like this
browser[i].button(:name=>'submit').click
the error that pops up:-
Browsing context has been discarded (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchWindowError)
which made me think that I need to switch between browser[0] and browser[1] however switch to is not defined for a browser. any ideas?
browser[i].switch_to.window(browser[(i+1)%z].window_handle)
You are trying to connect with two different browser which has been opened by two different driver, you can shift between browser which has been opened by one single driver. For an example when you click a link if it opens a new window then you can shift to the new window.
You can shift to the new window by writing the following code
b.windows.last.use do |browser|
browser.button.click #for an example
end
Hope I'm writing that in the relevant platform..
I'm working on a script that analyzing requests while browsing sites with Firefox.
I always see requests to aus4.mozilla.org, even after I changed the "Auto-Update" option in the browser to 'Disable' mode.
Does anybody faced with this problem before? How can I turn it off?
Here is how you can turn off Auto Updates on Firefox from Windows:
Run Regedit in windows (Must have admin right)
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies
If the 2 folders Mozilla and Firefox don't exist under 'Policies'. Create them as per the following:
-Right click on "Policies" folder, Select New > Key then enter "Mozilla"
-Right click on "Mozilla" folder, Select New > Key then enter "Firefox"
-Right click on "Firefox" folder, Select New > DWORD (32 bit) value then enter "DisableAppUpdate"
-Double-click on "DisableAppUpdate" to modify Value data to 1 (hexadecimal). This will stop mozilla from downloading and updating Firefox;
It will show "Updates disabled by your system administrator"
To allow Firefox to update again; Modify the Value Data to 0 .
Weird, the option should work.
Double check that the app.update.auto and app.update.enabled configuration options are set to false (you can do that from about:config).
I would suggest using a better method to automate Firefox, for example Selenium. There are bindings for many programming languages, e.g. for Node.js.
Nowadays (65.0.2) disabling updates is relatively complicated. Here's the Windows solution:
In the firefox.exe directory, create one named distribution.
Inside distribution, place a filed named policies.json containing the following:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
Sources:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1232918
https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md
I want to open all links in the same window instead in new window.
I tried
profile.setPreference("browser.link.open_newwindow", 1)
but the result is:
WARNING: traffic.loop 0 error: Preference browser.link.open_external may not be overridden: frozen value=2, requested value=1
Is there an another way to open the links in the same window ?
You should modify the firefox profile parameters:
profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3)
profile.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)
if this methode does not work, you can set perference using firefox Options:
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
opts = Options()
opts.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0)
opts.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts)
(A) browser.link.open_newwindow - for links in Firefox tabs :
3 : divert new window to a new tab (default)
2 : allow link to open a new window
1 : force new window into same tab
(B) browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction - for links in Firefox tabs
0 : apply the setting under (A) to ALL new windows (even script windows)
2 : apply the setting under (A) to normal windows, but NOT to script windows
with features (default)
1 : override the setting under (A) and always use new windows
I've found a workaround!
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
String script = "document.getElementById('yourFormOrAnchorId').target=''";
js.executeScript(script);
After that you can select your anchor or any of the form elements and click or submit it. The target page will open in the same tab.
This basically changes the current HTML page so that anchors and forms don't force the browser to open new tabs or windows. For testing this might be suboptimal, but it simplifies the writing of tests a lot.
Try this out...
Modify FireFox profile parameters "browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction" and "browser.link.open_newwindow".
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
profile.setPreference("browser.link.open_newwindow", 1);
If you are using Google Chrome then simply install this extension and it will take care of the rest of the task. This extension is also handy to open pop-ups in new tabs which usually opens in new windows. (First you need to download the extension .crx file from given location.)
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addExtensions(new File("/path/to/extension.crx"));
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);
In the selenium config file:
C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver_prefs.json
change the following line from:
"browser.link.open_newwindow": 2,
to:
"browser.link.open_newwindow": 3,
I test it and it worked
According to Selium docs (https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/FirefoxDriver) the following property webdriver.firefox.profile controls the firefox profile used.
Which is where firefox gets the browser.link.open_newwindow on start up from. To create a new profile for your tests you can follow the instructions here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles detailed configuration of the profile can be done either by editing the profile's pref.js or firing up the profile and editing it via about:config.
hope this of help!
Actually, Selenium is not responsible of the page opens in a new window or in a same window. It is fully depends upon the Browser settings which you used for execution.
For a sake take Firefox browser
If you want to open all the links in a new window. Do these steps
Open Tools
Click Options
Click Tabs menu
Check the box of Open new windows in a new tab instead.
Now click the link which opens a window. It will opens in a new tab of same window.
Using Selenium IDE with Windows7 and Firefox, an automatic click on a link may produce either a new tab or a new window.
close() closes the original window or tab, not the new one. Maybe if I had the ID of the newly created one I could select it and then close it but I don't know how to do this automatically. I've asked on the Selenium forum and read the questions here, but they focus on WebDriver, not the IDE. Any help would be appreciated!
Stig
I had same problem and found a solution:
click on link that opens the new tab
add command waitForPopUp
set focus to new tab via command selectPopUp
make your verifications or other commands regarding to your content in new tab
use command close to close tab
use command selectWindow to set focus to the old window
Screenshot of my Selenium IDE commands:
That works for me.
Use selectWindow(windowID) command to switch to new window in Se IDE. You can select new window by its windowID/name/title.
Hope this helps...
Agreed with surya use selectWindow(windowID), you can get the window title by right click on the page check the option verifyTitle and in front of that you have your Title. Hope it helps out.
selectWindow(windowID) has option to mention title of the webpage/window as a way to identify the target window.
syntax = selectWindow title=My Special Window
note: title = title of webpage that is visisble in webpage's title bar. Or right click on webpage and select menu "Page source". In source doc, select the text between ....
So if the title of webpage = My Special Window, you will see My Special Window.
Hope this will help.
Swasati Paul
You could use the iterator to iterate amongst the windows, close the new window and come back to the originalWindow. And you can put this under the try block because it will only iterate if a new window opens. Or else, it will continue executing normally in the current window.
try{
Set <Strings> ids = driver.getWindowHandles();
Iterator <String> it = ids.iterator();
String currentPage = it.next();
String newPage = it.next();
driver.switchTo().window(newPage);
driver.close(); //it will close the new window and automatically come back to the currentPage
}
finally
{
//continue with your script here
//this script will run regardless of the execution of the execution of the try block
}
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Timestamp: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:02:49 UTC
Message: HTML Parsing Error: Unable to modify the parent container element before the child element is closed (KB927917)
Line: 0
Char: 0
Code: 0
URI: http://collaborize.collaborizeclassroom.com/portal/portal/collaborize/site/window?actionEvent=homePage&action=2&fpg=1&unId=umb8N95lhIoXOVKzTTrtcPoCrixd4wMdScQv8mEwqFT962zy3VSh4mzQNeugOWVV&ts=1326862916939&publishUrl=class2&siteName=class2&siteId=20941
I get the above problem only when i open and close the browser and log-in for the first time and even though i delete cache,cookies and history and login again i don't get the problem.
is there something else other than the above that gets deleted when we close the browser because the error only comes when i login the first time after i open the browser
Example: call document.body.appendChild when the page has not loaded.
Need to call javascript when the page is loaded, example:
document.body.onload = function()
{
document.body.appendChild(...)
}
Add few characters spaces in-between script tags to fix this.
ie., space inbetween start and close script tags in case you are referring outside library using src attribute
IE takes some time to render elements. In that case, if we are referencing the element in Javascript it will throw this error.
Solution is to check on your Javascript or Jquery codes and use the codes inside the $(document).ready(function() { } function.
It works for me.
This is a bug in IE8.try following the method provided below. After using this my problem is resolved.
Reset your Internet Explorer settings and run it. You can do this by following the steps given below.
If the problem is caused by damaged or incompatible Internet Explorer settings or add-ons, you can usually resolve the problem by resetting Internet Explorer settings.
To use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature from Control Panel, follow these steps:
First of all clear your IE history.
Exit all programs, including Internet Explorer (if it is running).
If you use Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl
If you use Windows Vista, click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image . Type the following command in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl
The Internet Options dialog box appears.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Then click Reset again.
When Internet Explorer finishes resetting the settings, click Close in the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box.
After that you have to download the Cumulative Security update for Internet Explorer KB2360131 to resolve this.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27630 (Windows XP)
OR
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27622 (Windows Vista)
-- Start Internet Explorer again.
Not sure if this will be on any help but it might give you an idea of your problem.
I'm still learning js but I got the same problem and only in IE8. I had suspicion that it was the facebook plugin I got from facebook which stated to place the code at the top of page. I removed the code and page loaded without error then added it back and I got the error. I moved the code to the bottom of the page and it worked with no errors. The page even loaded faster.
I added the $(document).ready(...) and still had a problem. After further analysis, I isolated the problem to an em value in a CSS media query (I am using respond.js). I have not investigate the root cause further, but I was able to consistently view the page without errors after switching the media query from ems to pixels.
The problem happens when JS tried to appendChild to a DOM element that has not finished loading. I fixed with
window.onload=function() {
//append code
}
if the issue is still happening within here I would surmise that the ready code is creating new elements and trying to append children to them before they are loaded.
To solve the issue:
Please check your source codes, that all the HTML tags are opened and closed properly.
If all are fine then you will not get this kind of errors in IE.