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Selenium Reference

  1. Concepts
    1. Element Locators
    2. Element Filters
    3. String-match Patterns
  2. Selenium Actions
  3. Selenium Accessors
  4. Parameter Construction and Variables
  5. Whitespace Rules
  6. Extending Selenium

http://release.openqa.org/selenium-core/1.0/reference.html 需要翻墙看。

Concepts

A command is what tells Selenium what to do. Selenium commands come in three 'flavors':Actions, Accessors and Assertions.Each command call is one line in the test table of the form:

commandtargetvalue

Actions are commands that generally manipulate the state of the application. They do things like "click this link" and "select that option". If an Action fails, or has an error, the execution of the current test is stopped.

Many Actions can be called with the "AndWait" suffix, e.g. "clickAndWait".This suffix tells Selenium that the action will cause the browser to make a call to the server,and that Selenium should wait for a new page to load.

Accessors examine the state of the application and store the results in variables, e.g. "storeTitle". They are also used to automatically generate Assertions.

Assertions are like Accessors, but they verify that the state of the application conforms to what is expected. Examples include "make sure the page title is X" and "verify that this checkbox is checked".

All Selenium Assertions can be used in 3 modes: "assert", "verify", and "waitFor". For example, you can "assertText", "verifyText" and "waitForText". When an "assert" fails, the test is aborted. When a "verify" fails, the test will continue execution, logging the failure. This allows a single "assert" to ensure that the application is on the correct page, followed by a bunch of "verify" assertions to test form field values, labels, etc.

"waitFor" commands wait for some condition to become true (which can be useful for testing Ajax applications).They will succeed immediately if the condition is already true.However, they will fail and halt the test if the condition does not become true within the current timeout setting(see the setTimeout action below).

Element Locators tell Selenium which HTML element a command refers to. Many commands require an Element Locator as the "target" attribute. Examples of Element Locators include "elementId" and "document.forms[0].element". These are described more clearly in the next section.

Patterns are used for various reasons, e.g. to specify the expected value of an input field, or identify a select option. Selenium supports various types of pattern, including regular-expressions, all of which are described in more detail below.

Defines an object that runs Selenium commands.

Element Locators

Element Locators tell Selenium which HTML element a command refers to.The format of a locator is:

locatorType = argument

We support the following strategies for locating elements:

  • identifier=id: Select the element with the specified @id attribute. If no match isfound, select the first element whose @name attribute isid.(This is normally the default; see below.)
  • id=id:Select the element with the specified @id attribute.
  • name=name:Select the first element with the specified @name attribute.
    • username
    • name=username

    The name may optionally be followed by one or more element-filters, separated from the name by whitespace. If thefilterType is not specified, value is assumed.

    • name=flavour value=chocolate
  • dom=javascriptExpression: Find an element by evaluating the specified string. This allows you to traverse the HTML Document ObjectModel using JavaScript. Note that you must not return a value in this string; simply make it the last expression in the block.
    • dom=document.forms['myForm'].myDropdown
    • dom=document.images[56]
    • dom=function foo() { return document.links[1]; }; foo();
  • xpath=xpathExpression: Locate an element using an XPath expression.
    • xpath=//img[@alt='The image alt text']
    • xpath=//table[@id='table1']//tr[4]/td[2]
    • xpath=//a[contains(@href,'#id1')]
    • xpath=//a[contains(@href,'#id1')]/@class
    • xpath=(//table[@class='stylee'])//th[text()='theHeaderText']/../td
    • xpath=//input[@name='name2' and @value='yes']
    • xpath=//*[text()="right"]
  • link=textPattern:Select the link (anchor) element which contains text matching thespecifiedpattern.
    • link=The link text
  • css=cssSelectorSyntax:Select the element using css selectors. Please refer toCSS2 selectors,CSS3 selectors for more information. You can also check the TestCssLocators test in the selenium test suite for an example of usage, which is included in the downloaded selenium core package.
    • css=a[href="#id3"]
    • css=span#firstChild + span

    Currently the css selector locator supports all css1, css2 and css3 selectors except namespace in css3, some pseudo classes(:nth-of-type, :nth-last-of-type, :first-of-type, :last-of-type, :only-of-type, :visited, :hover, :active, :focus, :indeterminate) and pseudo elements(::first-line, ::first-letter, ::selection, ::before, ::after).

  • ui=uiSpecifierString:Locate an element by resolving the UI specifier string to another locator, and evaluating it. See theSelenium UI-Element Reference for more details.
    • ui=loginPages::loginButton()
    • ui=settingsPages::toggle(label=Hide Email)
    • ui=forumPages::postBody(index=2)//a[2]

Without an explicit locator prefix, Selenium uses the following defaultstrategies:

  • dom, for locators starting with "document."
  • xpath, for locators starting with "//"
  • identifier, otherwise

Element Filters

Element filters can be used with a locator to refine a list of candidate elements. They are currently used only in the 'name' element-locator.

Filters look much like locators, ie.

filterType = argument

Supported element-filters are:

value=valuePattern

Matches elements based on their values. This is particularly useful for refining a list of similarly-named toggle-buttons.

index=index

Selects a single element based on its position in the list (offset from zero).

String-match Patterns

Various Pattern syntaxes are available for matching string values:

  • glob:pattern:Match a string against a "glob" (aka "wildmat") pattern. "Glob" is akind of limited regular-expression syntax typically used in command-lineshells. In a glob pattern, "*" represents any sequence of characters, and "?"represents any single character. Glob patterns match against the entirestring.
  • regexp:regexp:Match a string using a regular-expression. The full power of JavaScriptregular-expressions is available.
  • regexpi:regexpi:Match a string using a case-insensitive regular-expression.
  • exact:string:Match a string exactly, verbatim, without any of that fancy wildcardstuff.

If no pattern prefix is specified, Selenium assumes that it's a "glob"pattern.

For commands that return multiple values (such as verifySelectOptions),the string being matched is a comma-separated list of the return values,where both commas and backslashes in the values are backslash-escaped.When providing a pattern, the optional matching syntax (i.e. glob,regexp, etc.) is specified once, as usual, at the beginning of thepattern.

Selenium Actions

addLocationStrategy(strategyName,functionDefinition)
Defines a new function for Selenium to locate elements on the page.For example,if you define the strategy "foo", and someone runs click("foo=blah"), we'llrun your function, passing you the string "blah", and click on the element that your functionreturns, or throw an "Element not found" error if your function returns null.We'll pass three arguments to your function:
  • locator: the string the user passed in
  • inWindow: the currently selected window
  • inDocument: the currently selected document
The function must return null if the element can't be found.

Arguments:

  • strategyName - the name of the strategy to define; this should use only letters [a-zA-Z] with no spaces or other punctuation.
  • functionDefinition - a string defining the body of a function in JavaScript. For example:return inDocument.getElementById(locator);

addScript(scriptContent,scriptTagId)
Loads script content into a new script tag in the Selenium document. Thisdiffers from the runScript command in that runScript adds the script tagto the document of the AUT, not the Selenium document. The followingentities in the script content are replaced by the characters theyrepresent: < > &The corresponding remove command is removeScript.

Arguments:

  • scriptContent - the Javascript content of the script to add
  • scriptTagId - (optional) the id of the new script tag. If specified, and an element with this id already exists, this operation will fail.

addSelection(locator,optionLocator)
Add a selection to the set of selected options in a multi-select element using an option locator.@see #doSelect for details of option locators

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator identifying a multi-select box
  • optionLocator - an option locator (a label by default)

allowNativeXpath(allow)
Specifies whether Selenium should use the native in-browser implementationof XPath (if any native version is available); if you pass "false" tothis function, we will always use our pure-JavaScript xpath library.Using the pure-JS xpath library can improve the consistency of xpathelement locators between different browser vendors, but the pure-JSversion is much slower than the native implementations.

Arguments:

  • allow - boolean, true means we'll prefer to use native XPath; false means we'll only use JS XPath

altKeyDown()
Press the alt key and hold it down until doAltUp() is called or a new page is loaded.
altKeyUp()
Release the alt key.
answerOnNextPrompt(answer)
Instructs Selenium to return the specified answer string in response tothe next JavaScript prompt [window.prompt()].

Arguments:

  • answer - the answer to give in response to the prompt pop-up

assignId(locator,identifier)
Temporarily sets the "id" attribute of the specified element, so you can locate it in the futureusing its ID rather than a slow/complicated XPath. This ID will disappear once the page isreloaded.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element
  • identifier - a string to be used as the ID of the specified element

break()
Halt the currently running test, and wait for the user to press the Continue button.This command is useful for debugging, but be careful when using it, because it willforce automated tests to hang until a user intervenes manually.
captureEntirePageScreenshot(filename,kwargs)
Saves the entire contents of the current window canvas to a PNG file.Contrast this with the captureScreenshot command, which captures thecontents of the OS viewport (i.e. whatever is currently being displayedon the monitor), and is implemented in the RC only. Currently this onlyworks in Firefox when running in chrome mode, and in IE non-HTA usingthe EXPERIMENTAL "Snapsie" utility. The Firefox implementation is mostlyborrowed from the Screengrab! Firefox extension. Please seehttp://www.screengrab.org and http://snapsie.sourceforge.net/ fordetails.

Arguments:

  • filename - the path to the file to persist the screenshot as. No filename extension will be appended by default. Directories will not be created if they do not exist, and an exception will be thrown, possibly by native code.
  • kwargs - a kwargs string that modifies the way the screenshot is captured. Example: "background=#CCFFDD" . Currently valid options:
    background
    the background CSS for the HTML document. This may be useful to set for capturing screenshots of less-than-ideal layouts, for example where absolute positioning causes the calculation of the canvas dimension to fail and a black background is exposed (possibly obscuring black text).

check(locator)
Check a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)

Arguments:


chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation()

By default, Selenium's overridden window.confirm() function willreturn true, as if the user had manually clicked OK; after runningthis command, the next call to confirm() will return false, as ifthe user had clicked Cancel. Selenium will then resume using thedefault behavior for future confirmations, automatically returning true (OK) unless/until you explicitly call this command for eachconfirmation.

Take note - every time a confirmation comes up, you mustconsume it with a corresponding getConfirmation, or elsethe next selenium operation will fail.


chooseOkOnNextConfirmation()

Undo the effect of calling chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation. Notethat Selenium's overridden window.confirm() function will normally automaticallyreturn true, as if the user had manually clicked OK, so you shouldn'tneed to use this command unless for some reason you need to changeyour mind prior to the next confirmation. After any confirmation, Selenium will resume using thedefault behavior for future confirmations, automatically returning true (OK) unless/until you explicitly call chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation for eachconfirmation.

Take note - every time a confirmation comes up, you mustconsume it with a corresponding getConfirmation, or elsethe next selenium operation will fail.


click(locator)
Clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the click actioncauses a new page to load (like a link usually does), callwaitForPageToLoad.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator

clickAt(locator,coordString)
Clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the click actioncauses a new page to load (like a link usually does), callwaitForPageToLoad.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

close()
Simulates the user clicking the "close" button in the titlebar of a popupwindow or tab.
contextMenu(locator)
Simulates opening the context menu for the specified element (as might happen if the user "right-clicked" on the element).

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator

contextMenuAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates opening the context menu for the specified element (as might happen if the user "right-clicked" on the element).

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

controlKeyDown()
Press the control key and hold it down until doControlUp() is called or a new page is loaded.
controlKeyUp()
Release the control key.
createCookie(nameValuePair,optionsString)
Create a new cookie whose path and domain are same with those of current pageunder test, unless you specified a path for this cookie explicitly.

Arguments:

  • nameValuePair - name and value of the cookie in a format "name=value"
  • optionsString - options for the cookie. Currently supported options include 'path', 'max_age' and 'domain'. the optionsString's format is "path=/path/, max_age=60, domain=.foo.com". The order of options are irrelevant, the unit of the value of 'max_age' is second. Note that specifying a domain that isn't a subset of the current domain will usually fail.

deleteAllVisibleCookies()
Calls deleteCookie with recurse=true on all cookies visible to the current page.As noted on the documentation for deleteCookie, recurse=true can be much slowerthan simply deleting the cookies using a known domain/path.
deleteCookie(name,optionsString)
Delete a named cookie with specified path and domain. Be careful; to delete a cookie, youneed to delete it using the exact same path and domain that were used to create the cookie.If the path is wrong, or the domain is wrong, the cookie simply won't be deleted. Alsonote that specifying a domain that isn't a subset of the current domain will usually fail.Since there's no way to discover at runtime the original path and domain of a given cookie,we've added an option called 'recurse' to try all sub-domains of the current domain withall paths that are a subset of the current path. Beware; this option can be slow. Inbig-O notation, it operates in O(n*m) time, where n is the number of dots in the domainname and m is the number of slashes in the path.

Arguments:

  • name - the name of the cookie to be deleted
  • optionsString - options for the cookie. Currently supported options include 'path', 'domain' and 'recurse.' The optionsString's format is "path=/path/, domain=.foo.com, recurse=true". The order of options are irrelevant. Note that specifying a domain that isn't a subset of the current domain will usually fail.

deselectPopUp()
Selects the main window. Functionally equivalent to using selectWindow() and specifying no value for windowID.
doubleClick(locator)
Double clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the double click actioncauses a new page to load (like a link usually does), callwaitForPageToLoad.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator

doubleClickAt(locator,coordString)
Doubleclicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the actioncauses a new page to load (like a link usually does), callwaitForPageToLoad.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

dragAndDrop(locator,movementsString)
Drags an element a certain distance and then drops it

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • movementsString - offset in pixels from the current location to which the element should be moved, e.g., "+70,-300"

dragAndDropToObject(locatorOfObjectToBeDragged,locatorOfDragDestinationObject)
Drags an element and drops it on another element

Arguments:

  • locatorOfObjectToBeDragged - an element to be dragged
  • locatorOfDragDestinationObject - an element whose location (i.e., whose center-most pixel) will be the point where locatorOfObjectToBeDragged is dropped

dragdrop(locator,movementsString)
deprecated - use dragAndDrop instead

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • movementsString - offset in pixels from the current location to which the element should be moved, e.g., "+70,-300"

echo(message)
Prints the specified message into the third table cell in your Selenese tables.Useful for debugging.

Arguments:

  • message - the message to print

fireEvent(locator,eventName)
Explicitly simulate an event, to trigger the corresponding "on event"handler.

Arguments:


focus(locator)
Move the focus to the specified element; for example, if the element is an input field, move the cursor to that field.

Arguments:


goBack()
Simulates the user clicking the "back" button on their browser.
highlight(locator)
Briefly changes the backgroundColor of the specified element yellow. Useful for debugging.

Arguments:


ignoreAttributesWithoutValue(ignore)
Specifies whether Selenium will ignore xpath attributes that have novalue, i.e. are the empty string, when using the non-native xpathevaluation engine. You'd want to do this for performance reasons in IE.However, this could break certain xpaths, for example an xpath that looksfor an attribute whose value is NOT the empty string.The hope is that such xpaths are relatively rare, but the user shouldhave the option of using them. Note that this only influences xpathevaluation when using the ajaxslt engine (i.e. not "javascript-xpath").

Arguments:

  • ignore - boolean, true means we'll ignore attributes without value at the expense of xpath "correctness"; false means we'll sacrifice speed for correctness.

keyDown(locator,keySequence)
Simulates a user pressing a key (without releasing it yet).

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • keySequence - Either be a string("\" followed by the numeric keycode of the key to be pressed, normally the ASCII value of that key), or a single character. For example: "w", "\119".

keyPress(locator,keySequence)
Simulates a user pressing and releasing a key.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • keySequence - Either be a string("\" followed by the numeric keycode of the key to be pressed, normally the ASCII value of that key), or a single character. For example: "w", "\119".

keyUp(locator,keySequence)
Simulates a user releasing a key.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • keySequence - Either be a string("\" followed by the numeric keycode of the key to be pressed, normally the ASCII value of that key), or a single character. For example: "w", "\119".

metaKeyDown()
Press the meta key and hold it down until doMetaUp() is called or a new page is loaded.
metaKeyUp()
Release the meta key.
mouseDown(locator)
Simulates a user pressing the left mouse button (without releasing it yet) onthe specified element.

Arguments:


mouseDownAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates a user pressing the left mouse button (without releasing it yet) atthe specified location.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

mouseDownRight(locator)
Simulates a user pressing the right mouse button (without releasing it yet) onthe specified element.

Arguments:


mouseDownRightAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates a user pressing the right mouse button (without releasing it yet) atthe specified location.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

mouseMove(locator)
Simulates a user pressing the mouse button (without releasing it yet) onthe specified element.

Arguments:


mouseMoveAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates a user pressing the mouse button (without releasing it yet) onthe specified element.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

mouseOut(locator)
Simulates a user moving the mouse pointer away from the specified element.

Arguments:


mouseOver(locator)
Simulates a user hovering a mouse over the specified element.

Arguments:


mouseUp(locator)
Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the mouse button (i.e., stopsholding the button down) on the specified element.

Arguments:


mouseUpAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the mouse button (i.e., stopsholding the button down) at the specified location.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

mouseUpRight(locator)
Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the right mouse button (i.e., stopsholding the button down) on the specified element.

Arguments:


mouseUpRightAt(locator,coordString)
Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the right mouse button (i.e., stopsholding the button down) at the specified location.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator
  • coordString - specifies the x,y position (i.e. - 10,20) of the mouse event relative to the element returned by the locator.

open(url)
Opens an URL in the test frame. This accepts both relative and absoluteURLs.The "open" command waits for the page to load before proceeding,ie. the "AndWait" suffix is implicit. Note: The URL must be on the same domain as the runner HTMLdue to security restrictions in the browser (Same Origin Policy). If youneed to open an URL on another domain, use the Selenium Server to start anew browser session on that domain.

Arguments:

  • url - the URL to open; may be relative or absolute

openWindow(url,windowID)
Opens a popup window (if a window with that ID isn't already open).After opening the window, you'll need to select it using the selectWindowcommand.

This command can also be a useful workaround for bug SEL-339. In some cases, Selenium will be unable to intercept a call to window.open (if the call occurs during or before the "onLoad" event, for example).In those cases, you can force Selenium to notice the open window's name by using the Selenium openWindow command, usingan empty (blank) url, like this: openWindow("", "myFunnyWindow").

Arguments:

  • url - the URL to open, which can be blank
  • windowID - the JavaScript window ID of the window to select

pause(waitTime)
Wait for the specified amount of time (in milliseconds)

Arguments:

  • waitTime - the amount of time to sleep (in milliseconds)

refresh()
Simulates the user clicking the "Refresh" button on their browser.
removeAllSelections(locator)
Unselects all of the selected options in a multi-select element.

Arguments:


removeScript(scriptTagId)
Removes a script tag from the Selenium document identified by the givenid. Does nothing if the referenced tag doesn't exist.

Arguments:

  • scriptTagId - the id of the script element to remove.

removeSelection(locator,optionLocator)
Remove a selection from the set of selected options in a multi-select element using an option locator.@see #doSelect for details of option locators

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator identifying a multi-select box
  • optionLocator - an option locator (a label by default)

rollup(rollupName,kwargs)
Executes a command rollup, which is a series of commands with a uniquename, and optionally arguments that control the generation of the set ofcommands. If any one of the rolled-up commands fails, the rollup isconsidered to have failed. Rollups may also contain nested rollups.

Arguments:

  • rollupName - the name of the rollup command
  • kwargs - keyword arguments string that influences how the rollup expands into commands

runScript(script)
Creates a new "script" tag in the body of the current test window, and adds the specified text into the body of the command. Scripts run inthis way can often be debugged more easily than scripts executed usingSelenium's "getEval" command. Beware that JS exceptions thrown in these scripttags aren't managed by Selenium, so you should probably wrap your scriptin try/catch blocks if there is any chance that the script will throwan exception.

Arguments:

  • script - the JavaScript snippet to run

select(selectLocator,optionLocator)
Select an option from a drop-down using an option locator.

Option locators provide different ways of specifying options of an HTMLSelect element (e.g. for selecting a specific option, or for assertingthat the selected option satisfies a specification). There are severalforms of Select Option Locator.

  • label=labelPattern:matches options based on their labels, i.e. the visible text. (Thisis the default.)
    • label=regexp:^[Oo]ther
  • value=valuePattern:matches options based on their values.
    • value=other
  • id=id:matches options based on their ids.
    • id=option1
  • index=index:matches an option based on its index (offset from zero).
    • index=2

If no option locator prefix is provided, the default behaviour is to match on label.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • optionLocator - an option locator (a label by default)

selectFrame(locator)
Selects a frame within the current window. (You may invoke this commandmultiple times to select nested frames.) To select the parent frame, use"relative=parent" as a locator; to select the top frame, use "relative=top".You can also select a frame by its 0-based index number; select the first frame with"index=0", or the third frame with "index=2".

You may also use a DOM expression to identify the frame you want directly,like this:dom=frames["main"].frames["subframe"]

Arguments:


selectPopUp(windowID)
Simplifies the process of selecting a popup window (and does not offerfunctionality beyond what selectWindow() already provides).
  • If windowID is either not specified, or specified as"null", the first non-top window is selected. The top window is the onethat would be selected byselectWindow() without providing awindowID . This should not be used when more than one popupwindow is in play.
  • Otherwise, the window will be looked up consideringwindowID as the following in order: 1) the "name" of thewindow, as specified towindow.open(); 2) a javascriptvariable which is a reference to a window; and 3) the title of thewindow. This is the same ordered lookup performed byselectWindow .

Arguments:

  • windowID - an identifier for the popup window, which can take on a number of different meanings

selectWindow(windowID)
Selects a popup window using a window locator; once a popup window has been selected, allcommands go to that window. To select the main window again, use nullas the target.

Window locators provide different ways of specifying the window object:by title, by internal JavaScript "name," or by JavaScript variable.

  • title=My Special Window:Finds the window using the text that appears in the title bar. Be careful;two windows can share the same title. If that happens, this locator willjust pick one.
  • name=myWindow:Finds the window using its internal JavaScript "name" property. This is the second parameter "windowName" passed to the JavaScript method window.open(url, windowName, windowFeatures, replaceFlag)(which Selenium intercepts).
  • var=variableName:Some pop-up windows are unnamed (anonymous), but are associated with a JavaScript variable name in the currentapplication window, e.g. "window.foo = window.open(url);". In those cases, you can open the window using"var=foo".

If no window locator prefix is provided, we'll try to guess what you mean like this:

1.) if windowID is null, (or the string "null") then it is assumed the user is referring to the original window instantiated by the browser).

2.) if the value of the "windowID" parameter is a JavaScript variable name in the current application window, then it is assumedthat this variable contains the return value from a call to the JavaScript window.open() method.

3.) Otherwise, selenium looks in a hash it maintains that maps string names to window "names".

4.) If that fails, we'll try looping over all of the known windows to try to find the appropriate "title".Since "title" is not necessarily unique, this may have unexpected behavior.

If you're having trouble figuring out the name of a window that you want to manipulate, look at the Selenium log messageswhich identify the names of windows created via window.open (and therefore intercepted by Selenium). You will see messageslike the following for each window as it is opened:

debug: window.open call intercepted; window ID (which you can use with selectWindow()) is "myNewWindow"

In some cases, Selenium will be unable to intercept a call to window.open (if the call occurs during or before the "onLoad" event, for example).(This is bug SEL-339.) In those cases, you can force Selenium to notice the open window's name by using the Selenium openWindow command, usingan empty (blank) url, like this: openWindow("", "myFunnyWindow").

Arguments:

  • windowID - the JavaScript window ID of the window to select

setBrowserLogLevel(logLevel)
Sets the threshold for browser-side logging messages; log messages beneath this threshold will be discarded.Valid logLevel strings are: "debug", "info", "warn", "error" or "off".To see the browser logs, you need toeither show the log window in GUI mode, or enable browser-side logging in Selenium RC.

Arguments:

  • logLevel - one of the following: "debug", "info", "warn", "error" or "off"

setCursorPosition(locator,position)
Moves the text cursor to the specified position in the given input element or textarea.This method will fail if the specified element isn't an input element or textarea.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an input element or textarea
  • position - the numerical position of the cursor in the field; position should be 0 to move the position to the beginning of the field. You can also set the cursor to -1 to move it to the end of the field.

setMouseSpeed(pixels)
Configure the number of pixels between "mousemove" events during dragAndDrop commands (default=10).

Setting this value to 0 means that we'll send a "mousemove" event to every single pixelin between the start location and the end location; that can be very slow, and maycause some browsers to force the JavaScript to timeout.

If the mouse speed is greater than the distance between the two dragged objects, we'lljust send one "mousemove" at the start location and then one final one at the end location.

Arguments:

  • pixels - the number of pixels between "mousemove" events

setSpeed(value)
Set execution speed (i.e., set the millisecond length of a delay which will follow each selenium operation). By default, there is no such delay, i.e.,the delay is 0 milliseconds.

Arguments:

  • value - the number of milliseconds to pause after operation

setTimeout(timeout)
Specifies the amount of time that Selenium will wait for actions to complete.

Actions that require waiting include "open" and the "waitFor*" actions.

The default timeout is 30 seconds.

Arguments:

  • timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which the action will return with an error

shiftKeyDown()
Press the shift key and hold it down until doShiftUp() is called or a new page is loaded.
shiftKeyUp()
Release the shift key.
store(expression,variableName)
This command is a synonym for storeExpression.

Arguments:

  • expression - the value to store
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

submit(formLocator)
Submit the specified form. This is particularly useful for forms withoutsubmit buttons, e.g. single-input "Search" forms.

Arguments:


type(locator,value)
Sets the value of an input field, as though you typed it in.

Can also be used to set the value of combo boxes, check boxes, etc. In these cases,value should be the value of the option selected, not the visible text.

Arguments:


typeKeys(locator,value)
Simulates keystroke events on the specified element, as though you typed the value key-by-key.

This is a convenience method for calling keyDown, keyUp, keyPress for every character in the specified string;this is useful for dynamic UI widgets (like auto-completing combo boxes) that require explicit key events.

Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this commandmay or may not have any visible effect, even in cases where typing keys would normally have a visible effect.For example, if you use "typeKeys" on a form element, you may or may not see the results of what you typed inthe field.

In some cases, you may need to use the simple "type" command to set the value of the field and then the "typeKeys" command tosend the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.

Arguments:


uncheck(locator)
Uncheck a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)

Arguments:


useXpathLibrary(libraryName)
Allows choice of one of the available libraries.

Arguments:

  • libraryName - name of the desired library Only the following three can be chosen:
    • "ajaxslt" - Google's library
    • "javascript-xpath" - Cybozu Labs' faster library
    • "default" - The default library. Currently the default library is "ajaxslt" .
    If libraryName isn't one of these three, then no change will be made.

waitForCondition(script,timeout)
Runs the specified JavaScript snippet repeatedly until it evaluates to "true".The snippet may have multiple lines, but only the result of the last linewill be considered.

Note that, by default, the snippet will be run in the runner's test window, not in the windowof your application. To get the window of your application, you can usethe JavaScript snippetselenium.browserbot.getCurrentWindow(), and thenrun your JavaScript in there

Arguments:

  • script - the JavaScript snippet to run
  • timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which this command will return with an error

waitForFrameToLoad(frameAddress,timeout)
Waits for a new frame to load.

Selenium constantly keeps track of new pages and frames loading, and sets a "newPageLoaded" flag when it first notices a page load.

See waitForPageToLoad for more information.

Arguments:

  • frameAddress - FrameAddress from the server side
  • timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which this command will return with an error

waitForPageToLoad(timeout)
Waits for a new page to load.

You can use this command instead of the "AndWait" suffixes, "clickAndWait", "selectAndWait", "typeAndWait" etc.(which are only available in the JS API).

Selenium constantly keeps track of new pages loading, and sets a "newPageLoaded"flag when it first notices a page load. Running any other Selenium command afterturns the flag to false. Hence, if you want to wait for a page to load, you mustwait immediately after a Selenium command that caused a page-load.

Arguments:

  • timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which this command will return with an error

waitForPopUp(windowID,timeout)
Waits for a popup window to appear and load up.

Arguments:

  • windowID - the JavaScript window "name" of the window that will appear (not the text of the title bar) If unspecified, or specified as "null", this command will wait for the first non-top window to appear (don't rely on this if you are working with multiple popups simultaneously).
  • timeout - a timeout in milliseconds, after which the action will return with an error. If this value is not specified, the default Selenium timeout will be used. See the setTimeout() command.

windowFocus()
Gives focus to the currently selected window
windowMaximize()
Resize currently selected window to take up the entire screen

Selenium Accessors

assertErrorOnNext(message)
Tell Selenium to expect an error on the next command execution.

Arguments:

  • message - The error message we should expect. This command will fail if the wrong error message appears.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertNotErrorOnNext(message)
  • verifyErrorOnNext(message)
  • verifyNotErrorOnNext(message)
  • waitForErrorOnNext(message)
  • waitForNotErrorOnNext(message)

assertFailureOnNext(message)
Tell Selenium to expect a failure on the next command execution.

Arguments:

  • message - The failure message we should expect. This command will fail if the wrong failure message appears.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertNotFailureOnNext(message)
  • verifyFailureOnNext(message)
  • verifyNotFailureOnNext(message)
  • waitForFailureOnNext(message)
  • waitForNotFailureOnNext(message)

assertSelected(selectLocator,optionLocator)
Verifies that the selected option of a drop-down satisfies the optionSpecifier. Note that this command is deprecated; you should use assertSelectedLabel, assertSelectedValue, assertSelectedIndex, or assertSelectedId instead.

See the select command for more information about option locators.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • optionLocator - an option locator, typically just an option label (e.g. "John Smith")

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertNotSelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)
  • verifySelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)
  • verifyNotSelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)
  • waitForSelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)
  • waitForNotSelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)

storeAlert(variableName)
Retrieves the message of a JavaScript alert generated during the previous action, or fail if there were no alerts.

Getting an alert has the same effect as manually clicking OK. If analert is generated but you do not consume it with getAlert, the next Selenium actionwill fail.

Under Selenium, JavaScript alerts will NOT pop up a visible alertdialog.

Selenium does NOT support JavaScript alerts that are generated in apage's onload() event handler. In this case a visible dialog WILL begenerated and Selenium will hang until someone manually clicks OK.

Returns:
The message of the most recent JavaScript alert

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAllButtons(variableName)
Returns the IDs of all buttons on the page.

If a given button has no ID, it will appear as "" in this array.

Returns:
the IDs of all buttons on the page

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storeAllFields(variableName)
Returns the IDs of all input fields on the page.

If a given field has no ID, it will appear as "" in this array.

Returns:
the IDs of all field on the page

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAllLinks(variableName)
Returns the IDs of all links on the page.

If a given link has no ID, it will appear as "" in this array.

Returns:
the IDs of all links on the page

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAllWindowIds(variableName)
Returns the IDs of all windows that the browser knows about in an array.

Returns:
Array of identifiers of all windows that the browser knows about.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAllWindowNames(variableName)
Returns the names of all windows that the browser knows about in an array.

Returns:
Array of names of all windows that the browser knows about.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAllWindowTitles(variableName)
Returns the titles of all windows that the browser knows about in an array.

Returns:
Array of titles of all windows that the browser knows about.

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storeAttribute(attributeLocator,variableName)
Gets the value of an element attribute. The value of the attribute maydiffer across browsers (this is the case for the "style" attribute, forexample).

Arguments:

  • attributeLocator - an element locator followed by an @ sign and then the name of the attribute, e.g. "foo@bar"
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the value of the specified attribute

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)
  • verifyAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)
  • waitForAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)

storeAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName,variableName)
Returns an array of JavaScript property values from all known windows having one.

Arguments:

  • attributeName - name of an attribute on the windows
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the set of values of this attribute from all known windows.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)
  • assertNotAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)
  • verifyAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)
  • verifyNotAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)
  • waitForAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)
  • waitForNotAttributeFromAllWindows(attributeName, pattern)

storeBodyText(variableName)
Gets the entire text of the page.

Returns:
the entire text of the page

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storeConfirmation(variableName)
Retrieves the message of a JavaScript confirmation dialog generated duringthe previous action.

By default, the confirm function will return true, having the same effectas manually clicking OK. This can be changed by prior execution of thechooseCancelOnNextConfirmation command.

If an confirmation is generated but you do not consume it with getConfirmation,the next Selenium action will fail.

NOTE: under Selenium, JavaScript confirmations will NOT pop up a visibledialog.

NOTE: Selenium does NOT support JavaScript confirmations that aregenerated in a page's onload() event handler. In this case a visibledialog WILL be generated and Selenium will hang until you manually clickOK.

Returns:
the message of the most recent JavaScript confirmation dialog

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storeCookie(variableName)
Return all cookies of the current page under test.

Returns:
all cookies of the current page under test

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storeCookieByName(name,variableName)
Returns the value of the cookie with the specified name, or throws an error if the cookie is not present.

Arguments:

  • name - the name of the cookie
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the value of the cookie

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeCursorPosition(locator,variableName)
Retrieves the text cursor position in the given input element or textarea; beware, this may not work perfectly on all browsers.

Specifically, if the cursor/selection has been cleared by JavaScript, this command will tend toreturn the position of the last location of the cursor, even though the cursor is now gone from the page. This is filed asSEL-243.

This method will fail if the specified element isn't an input element or textarea, or there is no cursor in the element.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an input element or textarea
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the numerical position of the cursor in the field

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storeElementHeight(locator,variableName)
Retrieves the height of an element

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
height of an element in pixels

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeElementIndex(locator,variableName)
Get the relative index of an element to its parent (starting from 0). The comment node and empty text nodewill be ignored.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
of relative index of the element to its parent (starting from 0)

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeElementPositionLeft(locator,variableName)
Retrieves the horizontal position of an element

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element OR an element itself
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
of pixels from the edge of the frame.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)
  • assertNotElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)
  • verifyElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)
  • verifyNotElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)
  • waitForElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)
  • waitForNotElementPositionLeft(locator, pattern)

storeElementPositionTop(locator,variableName)
Retrieves the vertical position of an element

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element OR an element itself
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
of pixels from the edge of the frame.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)
  • assertNotElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)
  • verifyElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)
  • verifyNotElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)
  • waitForElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)
  • waitForNotElementPositionTop(locator, pattern)

storeElementWidth(locator,variableName)
Retrieves the width of an element

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to an element
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
width of an element in pixels

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeEval(script,variableName)
Gets the result of evaluating the specified JavaScript snippet. The snippet mayhave multiple lines, but only the result of the last line will be returned.

Note that, by default, the snippet will run in the context of the "selenium"object itself, sothis will refer to the Selenium object. Use window torefer to the window of your application, e.g.window.document.getElementById('foo')

If you need to usea locator to refer to a single element in your application page, you canusethis.browserbot.findElement("id=foo") where "id=foo" is your locator.

Arguments:

  • script - the JavaScript snippet to run
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the results of evaluating the snippet

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storeExpression(expression,variableName)
Returns the specified expression.

This is useful because of JavaScript preprocessing.It is used to generate commands like assertExpression and waitForExpression.

Arguments:

  • expression - the value to return
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the value passed in

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storeHtmlSource(variableName)
Returns the entire HTML source between the opening andclosing "html" tags.

Returns:
the entire HTML source

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeLocation(variableName)
Gets the absolute URL of the current page.

Returns:
the absolute URL of the current page

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeMouseSpeed(variableName)
Returns the number of pixels between "mousemove" events during dragAndDrop commands (default=10).

Returns:
the number of pixels between "mousemove" events during dragAndDrop commands (default=10)

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storePrompt(variableName)
Retrieves the message of a JavaScript question prompt dialog generated duringthe previous action.

Successful handling of the prompt requires prior execution of theanswerOnNextPrompt command. If a prompt is generated but youdo not get/verify it, the next Selenium action will fail.

NOTE: under Selenium, JavaScript prompts will NOT pop up a visibledialog.

NOTE: Selenium does NOT support JavaScript prompts that are generated in apage's onload() event handler. In this case a visible dialog WILL begenerated and Selenium will hang until someone manually clicks OK.

Returns:
the message of the most recent JavaScript question prompt

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeSelectedId(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets option element ID for selected option in the specified select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the selected option ID in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedId(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedIds(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets all option element IDs for selected options in the specified select or multi-select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
an array of all selected option IDs in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedIds(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedIndex(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets option index (option number, starting at 0) for selected option in the specified select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the selected option index in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedIndex(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedIndexes(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets all option indexes (option number, starting at 0) for selected options in the specified select or multi-select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
an array of all selected option indexes in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedIndexes(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedLabel(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets option label (visible text) for selected option in the specified select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the selected option label in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedLabel(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedLabels(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets all option labels (visible text) for selected options in the specified select or multi-select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
an array of all selected option labels in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedLabels(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedValue(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets option value (value attribute) for selected option in the specified select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the selected option value in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedValue(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectedValues(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets all option values (value attributes) for selected options in the specified select or multi-select element.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
an array of all selected option values in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectedValues(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSelectOptions(selectLocator,variableName)
Gets all option labels in the specified select drop-down.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
an array of all option labels in the specified select drop-down

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)
  • assertNotSelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifySelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)
  • verifyNotSelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForSelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)
  • waitForNotSelectOptions(selectLocator, pattern)

storeSpeed(variableName)
Get execution speed (i.e., get the millisecond length of the delay following each selenium operation). By default, there is no such delay, i.e.,the delay is 0 milliseconds.See also setSpeed.

Returns:
the execution speed in milliseconds.

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storeTable(tableCellAddress,variableName)
Gets the text from a cell of a table. The cellAddress syntaxtableLocator.row.column, where row and column start at 0.

Arguments:

  • tableCellAddress - a cell address, e.g. "foo.1.4"
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the text from the specified cell

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storeText(locator,variableName)
Gets the text of an element. This works for any element that containstext. This command uses either the textContent (Mozilla-like browsers) orthe innerText (IE-like browsers) of the element, which is the renderedtext shown to the user.

Arguments:

Returns:
the text of the element

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storeTitle(variableName)
Gets the title of the current page.

Returns:
the title of the current page

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeValue(locator,variableName)
Gets the (whitespace-trimmed) value of an input field (or anything else with a value parameter).For checkbox/radio elements, the value will be "on" or "off" depending onwhether the element is checked or not.

Arguments:

Returns:
the element value, or "on/off" for checkbox/radio elements

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storeWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString,target,variableName)
Determine whether current/locator identify the frame containing this running code.

This is useful in proxy injection mode, where this code runs in everybrowser frame and window, and sometimes the selenium server needs to identifythe "current" frame. In this case, when the test calls selectFrame, thisroutine is called for each frame to figure out which one has been selected.The selected frame will return true, while all others will return false.

Arguments:

  • currentFrameString - starting frame
  • target - new frame (which might be relative to the current one)
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if the new frame is this code's window

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)
  • assertNotWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)
  • verifyWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)
  • verifyNotWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)
  • waitForWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)
  • waitForNotWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression(currentFrameString, target)

storeWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString,target,variableName)
Determine whether currentWindowString plus target identify the window containing this running code.

This is useful in proxy injection mode, where this code runs in everybrowser frame and window, and sometimes the selenium server needs to identifythe "current" window. In this case, when the test calls selectWindow, thisroutine is called for each window to figure out which one has been selected.The selected window will return true, while all others will return false.

Arguments:

  • currentWindowString - starting window
  • target - new window (which might be relative to the current one, e.g., "_parent")
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if the new window is this code's window

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)
  • assertNotWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)
  • verifyWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)
  • verifyNotWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)
  • waitForWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)
  • waitForNotWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression(currentWindowString, target)

storeXpathCount(xpath,variableName)
Returns the number of nodes that match the specified xpath, eg. "//table" would givethe number of tables.

Arguments:

  • xpath - the xpath expression to evaluate. do NOT wrap this expression in a 'count()' function; we will do that for you.
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
the number of nodes that match the specified xpath

Related Assertions, automatically generated:


storeAlertPresent(variableName)
Has an alert occurred?

This function never throws an exception

Returns:
true if there is an alert

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertAlertPresent()
  • assertAlertNotPresent()
  • verifyAlertPresent()
  • verifyAlertNotPresent()
  • waitForAlertPresent()
  • waitForAlertNotPresent()

storeChecked(locator,variableName)
Gets whether a toggle-button (checkbox/radio) is checked. Fails if the specified element doesn't exist or isn't a toggle-button.

Arguments:

  • locator - an element locator pointing to a checkbox or radio button
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if the checkbox is checked, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertChecked(locator)
  • assertNotChecked(locator)
  • verifyChecked(locator)
  • verifyNotChecked(locator)
  • waitForChecked(locator)
  • waitForNotChecked(locator)

storeConfirmationPresent(variableName)
Has confirm() been called?

This function never throws an exception

Returns:
true if there is a pending confirmation

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertConfirmationPresent()
  • assertConfirmationNotPresent()
  • verifyConfirmationPresent()
  • verifyConfirmationNotPresent()
  • waitForConfirmationPresent()
  • waitForConfirmationNotPresent()

storeCookiePresent(name,variableName)
Returns true if a cookie with the specified name is present, or false otherwise.

Arguments:

  • name - the name of the cookie
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if a cookie with the specified name is present, or false otherwise.

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertCookiePresent(name)
  • assertCookieNotPresent(name)
  • verifyCookiePresent(name)
  • verifyCookieNotPresent(name)
  • waitForCookiePresent(name)
  • waitForCookieNotPresent(name)

storeEditable(locator,variableName)
Determines whether the specified input element is editable, ie hasn't been disabled.This method will fail if the specified element isn't an input element.

Arguments:

Returns:
true if the input element is editable, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertEditable(locator)
  • assertNotEditable(locator)
  • verifyEditable(locator)
  • verifyNotEditable(locator)
  • waitForEditable(locator)
  • waitForNotEditable(locator)

storeElementPresent(locator,variableName)
Verifies that the specified element is somewhere on the page.

Arguments:

Returns:
true if the element is present, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertElementPresent(locator)
  • assertElementNotPresent(locator)
  • verifyElementPresent(locator)
  • verifyElementNotPresent(locator)
  • waitForElementPresent(locator)
  • waitForElementNotPresent(locator)

storeOrdered(locator1,locator2,variableName)
Check if these two elements have same parent and are ordered siblings in the DOM. Two same elements willnot be considered ordered.

Arguments:

Returns:
true if element1 is the previous sibling of element2, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertOrdered(locator1, locator2)
  • assertNotOrdered(locator1, locator2)
  • verifyOrdered(locator1, locator2)
  • verifyNotOrdered(locator1, locator2)
  • waitForOrdered(locator1, locator2)
  • waitForNotOrdered(locator1, locator2)

storePromptPresent(variableName)
Has a prompt occurred?

This function never throws an exception

Returns:
true if there is a pending prompt

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertPromptPresent()
  • assertPromptNotPresent()
  • verifyPromptPresent()
  • verifyPromptNotPresent()
  • waitForPromptPresent()
  • waitForPromptNotPresent()

storeSomethingSelected(selectLocator,variableName)
Determines whether some option in a drop-down menu is selected.

Arguments:

  • selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if some option has been selected, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertSomethingSelected(selectLocator)
  • assertNotSomethingSelected(selectLocator)
  • verifySomethingSelected(selectLocator)
  • verifyNotSomethingSelected(selectLocator)
  • waitForSomethingSelected(selectLocator)
  • waitForNotSomethingSelected(selectLocator)

storeTextPresent(pattern,variableName)
Verifies that the specified text pattern appears somewhere on the rendered page shown to the user.

Arguments:

  • pattern - a pattern to match with the text of the page
  • variableName - the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored.

Returns:
true if the pattern matches the text, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertTextPresent(pattern)
  • assertTextNotPresent(pattern)
  • verifyTextPresent(pattern)
  • verifyTextNotPresent(pattern)
  • waitForTextPresent(pattern)
  • waitForTextNotPresent(pattern)

storeVisible(locator,variableName)
Determines if the specified element is visible. Anelement can be rendered invisible by setting the CSS "visibility"property to "hidden", or the "display" property to "none", either for theelement itself or one if its ancestors. This method will fail ifthe element is not present.

Arguments:

Returns:
true if the specified element is visible, false otherwise

Related Assertions, automatically generated:

  • assertVisible(locator)
  • assertNotVisible(locator)
  • verifyVisible(locator)
  • verifyNotVisible(locator)
  • waitForVisible(locator)
  • waitForNotVisible(locator)

Parameter construction and Variables

All Selenium command parameters can be constructed using both simplevariable substitution as well as full javascript. Both of thesemechanisms can access previously stored variables, but do so usingdifferent syntax.

Stored Variables

The commands store, storeValue and storeText can be used to store a variablevalue for later access. Internally, these variables are stored in a map called "storedVars",with values keyed by the variable name. These commands are documented in the command reference.

Variable substitution

Variable substitution provides a simple way to include a previously stored variable in acommand parameter. This is a simple mechanism, by which the variable to substitute is indicatedby ${variableName}. Multiple variables can be substituted, and intermixed with static text.

Example:

storeMrtitle
storeValuenameFieldsurname
store${title} ${surname}fullname
typetextElementFull name is: ${fullname}

Javascript evaluation

Javascript evaluation provides the full power of javascript in constructing a command parameter.To use this mechanism, theentire parameter value must be prefixed by'javascript{' with a trailing '}'. The text inside the braces is evaluated as a javascript expression,and can access previously stored variables using thestoredVars map detailed above.Note that variable substitution cannot be combined with javascript evaluation.

Example:

storejavascript{'merchant' + (new Date()).getTime()}merchantId
typetextElementjavascript{storedVars['merchantId'].toUpperCase()}

Whitespace Rules

HTML automatically normalizes whitespace within elements, ignoring leading/trailing spaces and converting extra spaces, tabs and newlines into a single space. When Selenium reads text out of the page, it attempts to duplicate this behavior, so you can ignore all the tabs and newlines in your HTML and do assertions based on how the text looks in the browser when rendered. We do this by replacing all non-visible whitespace (including the non-breaking space "&nbsp;") with a single space. All visible newlines (<br>, <p>, and <pre>formatted newlines) should be preserved.

We use the same normalization logic on the text of HTML Selenese test case tables. This has a number of advantages. First, you don't need to look at the HTML source of the page to figure out what your assertions should be; "&nbsp;" symbols are invisible to the end user, and so you shouldn't have to worry about them when writing Selenese tests. (You don't need to put "&nbsp;" markers in your test case to assertText on a field that contains "&nbsp;".) You may also put extra newlines and spaces in your Selenese <td> tags; since we use the same normalization logic on the test case as we do on the text, we can ensure that assertions and the extracted text will match exactly.

This creates a bit of a problem on those rare occasions when you really want/need to insert extra whitespace in your test case. For example, you may need to type text in a field like this: "foo   ". But if you simply write <td>foo   </td> in your Selenese test case, we'll replace your extra spaces with just one space.

This problem has a simple workaround. We've defined a variable in Selenese, ${space}, whose value is a single space. You can use ${space} to insert a space that won't be automatically trimmed, like this: <td>foo${space}${space}${space}</td>. We've also included a variable ${nbsp}, that you can use to insert a non-breaking space.

Note that XPaths do not normalize whitespace the way we do. If you need to write an XPath like //div[text()="hello world"] but the HTML of the link is really "hello&nbsp;world", you'll need to insert a real "&nbsp;" into your Selenese test case to get it to match, like this: //div[text()="hello${nbsp}world"].

Extending Selenium

It can be quite simple to extend Selenium, adding your own actions, assertions and locator-strategies.This is done with javascript by adding methods to the Selenium object prototype, and the PageBotobject prototype. On startup, Selenium will automatically look through methods on these prototypes,using name patterns to recognise which ones are actions, assertions and locators.

The following examples try to give an indication of how Selenium can be extended with javascript.

Actions

All doFoo methods on the Selenium prototype are added as actions. For each actionfoo thereis also an action fooAndWait registered. An action method can take up to 2 parameters, whichwill be passed the second and third column values in the test.

Example: Add a "typeRepeated" action to Selenium, which types the text twice into a text box.

	Selenium.prototype.doTypeRepeated = function(locator, text) {
	    // All locator-strategies are automatically handled by "findElement"
	    var element = this.page().findElement(locator);
	
	    // Create the text to type
	    var valueToType = text + text;
	
	    // Replace the element text with the new text
	    this.page().replaceText(element, valueToType);
	};

Accessors/Assertions

All getFoo and isFoo methods on the Selenium prototype are added as accessors (storeFoo). For each accessor thereis anassertFoo, verifyFoo and waitForFoo registered. An assert method can take up to 2 parameters, whichwill be passed the second and third column values in the test. You can also define your own assertions literallyas simple "assert" methods, which will also auto-generate "verify" and "waitFor" commands.

Example: Add a valueRepeated assertion, that makes sure that the element valueconsists of the supplied text repeated. The 2 commands that would be available in tests would beassertValueRepeated andverifyValueRepeated.

	Selenium.prototype.assertValueRepeated = function(locator, text) {
	    // All locator-strategies are automatically handled by "findElement"
	    var element = this.page().findElement(locator);
	
	    // Create the text to verify
	    var expectedValue = text + text;
	
	    // Get the actual element value
	    var actualValue = element.value;
	
	    // Make sure the actual value matches the expected
	    Assert.matches(expectedValue, actualValue);
	};

Automatic availability of storeFoo, assertFoo, assertNotFoo, waitForFoo and waitForNotFoo for every getFoo

All getFoo and isFoo methods on the Selenium prototype automatically result in the availabilityof storeFoo, assertFoo, assertNotFoo, verifyFoo, verifyNotFoo, waitForFoo, and waitForNotFoo commands.

Example, if you add a getTextLength() method, the following commands will automatically be available:storeTextLength, assertTextLength, assertNotTextLength, verifyTextLength, verifyNotTextLength, waitForTextLength, and waitForNotTextLength commands.

	Selenium.prototype.getTextLength = function(locator, text) {
	    return this.getText(locator).length;
	};

Also note that the assertValueRepeated method described above could have been implemented usingisValueRepeated, with the added benefit of also automatically getting assertNotValueRepeated, storeValueRepeated,waitForValueRepeated and waitForNotValueRepeated.

Locator Strategies

All locateElementByFoo methods on the PageBot prototype are added as locator-strategies. A locator strategy takes 2 parameters, the first being the locator string (minus the prefix), and the second being the document in which to search.

Example: Add a "valuerepeated=" locator, that finds the first element a value attribute equal to the the supplied value repeated.

	// The "inDocument" is a the document you are searching.
	PageBot.prototype.locateElementByValueRepeated = function(text, inDocument) {
	    // Create the text to search for
	    var expectedValue = text + text;
	
	    // Loop through all elements, looking for ones that have 
	    // a value === our expected value
	    var allElements = inDocument.getElementsByTagName("*");
	    for (var i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++) {
	        var testElement = allElements[i];
	        if (testElement.value && testElement.value === expectedValue) {
	            return testElement;
	        }
	    }
	    return null;
	};

user-extensions.js

By default, Selenium looks for a file called "user-extensions.js", and loads the javascript code found in that file. This file provides a convenient location for adding features to Selenium, without needing to modify the core Selenium sources.

In the standard distibution, this file does not exist. Users can create this file and place their extension code in this common location, removing the need to modify the Selenium sources, and hopefully assisting with the upgrade process.


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