issue with target="_content" from sidebar - firefox

Firefox main window is refreshing always if a hyper link which differs only
in the HASH part is clicked from the sidebar. I am using target="_content"
to achieve this.
Main window url = "www.mydomain.com/index.html".
The hyperlink in my sidebar is "www.mydomain.com/index.html#search=testing"
I noticed this if firefox is started with some particular profile only.
Why this behavior?
Can anyone help me here?

The 'HASH part' you refer to is an anchor.
I'm not sure if the syntax www.mydomain.com/index.html#search=testing is valid.
There is no mention of it at the W3C HTML 4.0 Recommendation about the syntax of anchor names

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I'm automating tests using Selenium on Firefox, and everything was working ok until I needed to check checkboxes that are not visible due to a footer that is fixed to the bottom of the page.
It's a long list of disclaimers that are necessary to be checked in order to continue.
The first two are below this footer, the rest forces a scroll down, and are checked correctly.
My question is:
1) Is there a way to check the first two even thought they are below the footer?
2) Is there a way to make Selenium scroll down using a command?
3) Is there a way to make Selenium to open a new Firefox window maximized? (I believe that if this is possible, all checkboxes will be visible on load)
Thank you!
PS: This is my second post, if I'm missing some information please let me know and I'll edit it.
EDIT:
Firefox version: 23.0.1
Webdriver version: 2.35
Unfortunately, i have only configured my webdriver for Firefox (not on chrome at the moment)
You don't have to scroll the page as long as you are finding the Element with correct selectors (e.g. xpath, css etc.), so something like driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath")); should remove the need to scroll the page. As for opening the page in full screen use the following
driver.manage().window().maximize();
If your web page needs to be scrolled down to interact with element, first you'll have to bring that element into view. Using Ruby, this can be achieved by following:
element.location_once_scrolled_into_view
and then interact with element.
You can use javascript executor to scroll the page. I've found that Selenium will click objects that are "visible" but hidden behind something else on the page.
JavascriptExecutor jsx = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jsx.executeScript("window.scrollBy(0,450)", "");
I use the capability:
capabilities.setCapability("elementScrollBehavior", 1); // 0- from Top,
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Gecko WebBrowser, getting the url from a selected hyperlink

This is a real 2%er but here goes, I have created a winform in VS2010 with Gecko 2.0.1-0.10 (latest release) webbrowser control, I am using a touch screen to navigate. Sometimes when clicking a hyperlink it will select text rather than navigate, on the DomMouseUp event I want to check to see if there is selected text, if so I want to see if it is a hyperlink and if it is, where that hyperlink goes to. I had a mess around with GeckoSelection but nothing looked obvious. I am looking for a way to see if what is selected within the web browser is a hyperlink, any thoughts?
I've worked it out : for anyone interested in such things, use DomFocus on the gecko control:
m_strInnerHtml = geckSel.ActiveElement.Parent.InnerHtml.ToString();
That will give you the innerhtml of the selected item, from here you can extract the href tag and get the url, navigate to it, hey presto :)
Update: An even better solution is to use (in DomFocus again)
m_strInnerHtml = geckoWebBrowser.Document.ActiveElement.GetAttribute("href");
This will return the actual hyperlink address, one thing to watch out for however is if you're on google for example and select the "Advertising" hyperlink at the bottom of the page, it may return "/advertisingpage/" which must be appended to the original url. Clicking a hyperlink away from google will return the full address however.
Very good behavior gives this call:
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Remove "componentheading" from homepage - Joomla!

I'm working on a site in Joomla! and on the homepage, at the top of the article, it comes up with a h1 of the website name. The pagesource says (Note it's not the article title.)
Any idea how to get rid of it?
Thanks,
Steph
You can set this h1 tag not to display via the Parameters - System section of your Menu Item Manager screen in administrator ... this page has a nice depiction of the steps.
It's so simple
Just do the following :
Login to the Joomla Administrator Interface
Go to the Menu Manager
Select your Menu
Select your Menu Item (Home Menu)
On the right hand, Click Parameters (System)—> and in the *Show Page Title—->*Just Select No.
That's all.
This is not the desired solution, since many people, (including myself) actually need to be able to Set/Override the page title (That Appears in the Browser’s Title bar), and setting Page Title to no here will also remove the functionality to Configure the Browser title (which is important for SEO among other things).
Anyway, I have searched and not been able to find a fully correct solution via CMS or PHP Code. The closest solution which is not fully perfect, but unlikely to cause significant (if any) negative effect on your site is through Javascript (Example is JQuery).
jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
$(‘.componentheading’).empty();
});
This can also be done is JS with no JQuery. When I find a better method of doing this I’ll let you know.This should actually be done by removing output from a template file.I don’t know which one yet. When I do, I’ll post it…
When setting the page title not to show in the menu item as stated in other answers, this will not stop the text entered in the page title box being used as the browser title, it will just stop it being shown in the page.
Using javascript to remove it is not a good idea.
1. It will only work for browsers with javascript enabled
2. Search engine spiders will still see it. As the component heading for articles is 'articles' by default it will see all your pages with the same h1 tag.
Just turn it off in the menu item and enter your browser title in the text box above.

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I wrote a firefox extension which simply re-formats a page using some JQuery. But, it's interfering with another extension that places a button on the header panel of the browser. Now that button doesn't display. Can some one point me in the right direction as to when this happens. This is my first fire-fox extension.
Update:
The problem is actually being caused by the JQuery source file.
This is a known issue when using JQuery in the overlay.
Your update doesn't include valid chrome.manifest lines. Also, your original style line was totally wrong, and likely the cause of your problem. You should review this page which specifies the syntax to see how this should have been done.

Manipulate Html from Firefox Extension

I am creating a Firefox extension that is somewhat similar to Firebug. There is a panel (or vbox) at the bottom of the browser that allows users to specify colors to certain Html elements. When they click the OK button, I would like these colors to get updated on the current web page.
I have my JavaScript working when I click the button (i am just throwing an alert), however when I change that JavaScript to change the css or styles of an element (by either using document.getElementById or jquery), nothing changes.
Is there something with Firefox extensions that I am missing? Any help is appreciated.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extension_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Accessing_the_document_of_a_webpage_doesn%27t_work
You want content.document.getElementById() and similarly for every other construct you use.

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