I am attempting to automate a process using selenium with Java.
I am trying to navigate to a URL, which the test does do. A screen pops out over the top of Firefox asking for a user name and password. When this screen pops out, firebug stops working and I cannot get any information about this screen.
How do I handle a modal dialogue with Selenium, when I cannot find anything about it?
I guess, that you are trying to get to HTTP Authentification protected page. Try getting here like this:
driver.get("http://username:password#your-site.com");
Where driver is assumed as healthy and living instance of WebDriver
This actually did not work, the dialog still displays. Instead of running the tests in Firefox as I had wanted I ran them in IE which was using NTLM so I didn't need to input my information.
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I am trying to create a project using Selenium and ChromeDriver.
I want to know if there is a way to ensure the Selenium browser window is always displayed on top of other windows, similar to what is possible with JFrames.
So far I didn't find any solution. The only things I found were to give the window focus, but I don't want to do that.
I thought of maybe there is a way to do it through the cmd, but I don't know much about that.
I am using Sikuli and taking some input from user to automate a process. The browser should be in the foreground for sikuli to work properly.
So now, I want the browser to come to the foreground when Sikuli script is working. For that I searched for code on the internet and with this code following code and it is working:
driver.manager().maximize();
But to take user input from the console of eclipse, how to run browser in background. For that I am not able to find any code on internet.
Please suggest me some method with which selenium script can run browser on the background. Somebody on internet suggest docker-selenium but I don't want to use it and there is no minimize method like there is maximize.
We use driver.manage().window().maximize(); to maximize the browser.
I have seen few examples online that are using driver.manage().window().maximize() though it's not required to maximize the browser. (For Ex: gmail login)
Also I see on invoking browser using selenium it opens in maximized window only. Still I have to use this driver.manage().window().maximize();
Short answer: Yes.
Little longer answer: when selenium is interacting with the web page, like clicking on button or writing to text field, the interacted WebElement must be visible, or you will get exception. If you think on performance calling one time to window().maximize() is much 'cheaper' (and much less prone to errors) than scrolling to the WebElement every time.
You gave Gmail login as example, but usually you need to do more than just login in tests project.
By the way
Also I see on invoking browser using selenium it opens in maximized window only
Is not true.
It depends on your choice. If window is not maximized, probably You might not be able to find element on page. So if you need such element then it worth to maximize window.
As [pratapvaibhav19] said, it's totally depends on your choice.
There are different ways of doing this, you can open maximized Chrome windows. For Firefox and IE you can use driver.manage().window().maximize();. Alternatively you can open browser window as per your screen resolution OR in custom size.
You don't have to maximize the window.
Selenium can interact with the browser in any screen resolution, because it doesn't use the mouse or keyboard like desktop automation tools.
It's just easier to view web pages and take screenshots on bigger browser windows.
I am using selenium webdriver to automate my application , using firefox and chrome as two browser. My application require Gemsafe software support, due to this a popup is appearing on when I am launching the application just below the the address bar, text is “Allow and don’t allow”. I am not able to handle this popup. Can anyone know help me out on this ?
I'm not sure but I think this is the small yellow toolbar right below the address bar that is warning you that Gemsafe, etc. needs to be enabled on the site and prompts the customer to Allow or not.
If so, this is not part of the HTML of the page and cannot be interacted with using Selenium. The simple way to determine this is to right-click on the "popup" and see if you can Inspect Element, etc. If not, it's part of the browser and can't be accessed using Selenium.
I would recommend that you set each browser up in such a way (before the tests) that the Gemsafe software support is already set up. I think a customer would only have to click Allow once for a site, just do that on each supported browser (sounds like only Chrome and FF). There may be some browsers where additional setup is required to permanently allow this. You will have to do research for those browsers.
My goal is to open a new window running a flash app from an url (http://curvefever.com/CF_Preloader.swf), and be able to interact with it with java, and do things like take screenshots of the content, and invoke keypresses.
while I could achieve this by opening the flash app in a browser and monitor the browser with selenium (and using an awt robot to take screenshots), I am looking for a better method because I want to avoid the extra lag brought with running the browser, but also because other windows might obstruct the screenshots when the browser window is in the background.
I think Selenium is still a good choice for manipulating the Flash application.
You can use the WebDriver's built in screenshot ability, which only captures the browser, so you won't have to worry about other windows obstructing the one you want to capture.
Take a screenshot with Selenium WebDriver