Selenium Basics & Tips

1| Maximize Firefox browser window using selenium webdriver

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

#PYTHON
driver.maximize_window()

#RUBY
require "selenium-webdriver"
@driver.manage.window.maximize

2| Customize browser window size

driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(320, 480));

#PYTHON
driver.set_window_size(1920, 500)

#RUBY
@driver.manage.window.resize_to(300,700)

3| Get current web page URL

System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());

#PYTHON
print driver.current_url

#RUBY
puts @driver.current_url

4| Navigate Back | Forward & Page refresh

Navigate Back
Webdriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().back();
or|
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.sendKeys(Keys.BACK_SPACE).perform();

#PYTHON
driver.back()

#RUBY
@driver.navigate.back


Navigate Forward
driver.navigate().forward();

#PYTHON
driver.forward()

#RUBY
@driver.navigate.forward


Navigate URL
driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in/");

#RUBY
@driver.navigate.to "https://www.google.co.in/"

Page Refresh
driver.navigate().refresh();
or|
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.F5).perform();
or|
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("history.go(0)");
or|
driver.navigate().to(driver.getCurrentUrl());
or|
driver.findElement(By.id("firstname-placeholder")).sendKeys("\uE035");
or|
driver.findElement(By.id("filter-box")).sendKeys(Keys.F5);

#PYTHON
driver.refresh()

#RUBY
@driver.navigate.refresh

5| Highlighting Elements

WebElement element1 = driver.findElement(By.className("Value"));
WebElement element2 = driver.findElement(By.id("Value"));
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver; 
jse.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);", element1, "color: blue; border: 2px solid blue;");
jse.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);", element2, "color: yellow; border: 0px solid red;");

Excercise|1|
@Test
public void highlighttest() throws Exception {
driver.get("www.whatever.com");
WebElement searchbutton = driver.findElement(By.id("Value"));
highlightElement(searchbutton);
WebElement submitbutton = driver.findElement(By.id("Value"));
highlightElement(submitbutton);
element.click();
}

public void highlightElement(WebElement element) {
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);", element, "color: yellow; border: 2px solid yellow;");
js.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);", element, "");
}

6| Multi-Select Elements

Excercise|1|

@Test
public void Multiselect() throws Exception {

driver.get("http://www.ryancramer.com/journal/entries/select_multiple/");

List<WebElement> ele = driver.findElements(By.tagName("select"));
System.out.println(ele.size());
WebElement ele2 = ele.get(0);

List<WebElement> ele3 = ele2.findElements(By.tagName("option"));
System.out.println(ele3.size());

ele2.sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL);
ele3.get(0).click();
ele3.get(1).click();
ele3.get(3).click();
ele3.get(4).click();
ele3.get(5).click();
}

7| Double-click WebElement

Actions action = new Actions(driver); 
action.doubleClick(driver.findElement(By.id("Value"))); 
action.perform();

8| Delete All Cookies

driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();

9| Shortcut to open IDE in the same screen

Ctrl + shift + S

10| Open a New Tab

driver.findElement(By.id("Value")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL + "t");
or|
Robot r = new Robot();
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_T);

11| Open a New Window

@Test
public void Test01() throws Exception {
openTab("http://www.xyz.com");
}

public void trigger(String script, WebElement element) {
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(script, element);
}

public Object trigger(String script) {
return ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(script);
}

public void openTab(String url) {
String script = "var d=document,a=d.createElement('a');a.target='_blank';a.href='%s';a.innerHTML='.';d.body.appendChild(a);return a";
Object element = trigger(String.format(script, url));
if (element instanceof WebElement) {
WebElement anchor = (WebElement) element;
anchor.click();
trigger("var a=arguments[0];a.parentNode.removeChild(a);", anchor);
} else {
throw new JavaScriptException(element, "Unable to open Window", 1);
}
}

12| Select Dropdown Box

driver.get("http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/html-tutorial/ddmenu.htm");
Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("jump")));
dropdown.selectByIndex(1);

Select has more options to play with; Some of the main functions are given below,

dropdown.deselectAll(); // Used while handling multi-select
dropdown.selectByVisibleText("");
dropdown.selectByValue("");
dropdown.deselectByIndex(3);
dropdown.deselectByValue("3");
dropdown.deselectByVisibleText("");

13| Starting Selenium Server

Open cmd. Go to server location and paste the below

$ java -jar selenium-server-standalone-<version-number>.jar



14| All Old versions of IDE available on:

http://release.seleniumhq.org/selenium-ide/

15| Entire Selenium Functions:

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/tags/selenium-2.0.alpha-5/docs/api/java/index-all.html

16| Check Firefox versions and its suitable Drivers:

http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/py/CHANGES

17| Selenium Release Notes [Change_Log]

Check my answer on Stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18609557/where-to-find-selenium-webdriver-release-notes/22243556#22243556

18| Right-click WebElement

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
Action rightClick = builder.contextClick(driver.findElement(By.id("Value"))).build();
rightClick.perform();

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