Module: Selenium::Client::GeneratedDriver

Included in:
Base
Defined in:
lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#add_location_strategy(strategyName, functionDefinition) ⇒ Object

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’ll run your function, passing you the string “blah”, and click on the element that your function returns, 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.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1508

def add_location_strategy(strategyName,functionDefinition)
    remote_control_command("addLocationStrategy", [strategyName,functionDefinition,])
end

#add_selection(locator, optionLocator) ⇒ Object

Add a selection to the set of selected options in a multi-select element using an option locator.

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

See Also:

  • for details of option locators


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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 526

def add_selection(locator,optionLocator)
    remote_control_command("addSelection", [locator,optionLocator,])
end

#allow_native_xpath(allow) ⇒ Object

Specifies whether Selenium should use the native in-browser implementation of XPath (if any native version is available); if you pass “false” to this function, we will always use our pure-JavaScript xpath library. Using the pure-JS xpath library can improve the consistency of xpath element locators between different browser vendors, but the pure-JS version is much slower than the native implementations.

‘allow’ is boolean, true means we’ll prefer to use native XPath; false means we’ll only use JS XPath



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1325

def allow_native_xpath(allow)
    remote_control_command("allowNativeXpath", [allow,])
end

#alt_key_down ⇒ Object

Press the alt key and hold it down until doAltUp() is called or a new page is loaded.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 255

def alt_key_down()
    remote_control_command("altKeyDown", [])
end

#alt_key_up ⇒ Object

Release the alt key.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 262

def alt_key_up()
    remote_control_command("altKeyUp", [])
end

#answer_on_next_prompt(answer) ⇒ Object

Instructs Selenium to return the specified answer string in response to the next JavaScript prompt [window.prompt()].

‘answer’ is the answer to give in response to the prompt pop-up



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 744

def answer_on_next_prompt(answer)
    remote_control_command("answerOnNextPrompt", [answer,])
end

#assign_id(locator, identifier) ⇒ Object

Temporarily sets the “id” attribute of the specified element, so you can locate it in the future using its ID rather than a slow/complicated XPath. This ID will disappear once the page is reloaded.

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element ‘identifier’ is a string to be used as the ID of the specified element



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1312

def assign_id(locator,identifier)
    remote_control_command("assignId", [locator,identifier,])
end

#attach_file(fieldLocator, fileLocator) ⇒ Object

Sets a file input (upload) field to the file listed in fileLocator

‘fieldLocator’ is an element locator ‘fileLocator’ is a URL pointing to the specified file. Before the file can be set in the input field (fieldLocator), Selenium RC may need to transfer the file to the local machine before attaching the file in a web page form. This is common in selenium grid configurations where the RC server driving the browser is not the same machine that started the test. Supported Browsers: Firefox (“*chrome”) only.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1553

def attach_file(fieldLocator,fileLocator)
    remote_control_command("attachFile", [fieldLocator,fileLocator,])
end

#capture_entire_page_screenshot(filename, kwargs) ⇒ Object

Saves the entire contents of the current window canvas to a PNG file. Currently this only works in Mozilla and when running in chrome mode. Contrast this with the captureScreenshot command, which captures the contents of the OS viewport (i.e. whatever is currently being displayed on the monitor), and is implemented in the RC only. Implementation mostly borrowed from the Screengrab! Firefox extension. Please see www.screengrab.org for details.

‘filename’ is 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’ is 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).



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1523

def capture_entire_page_screenshot(filename,kwargs)
    remote_control_command("captureEntirePageScreenshot", [filename,kwargs,])
end

#capture_entire_page_screenshot_to_string(kwargs) ⇒ Object

Downloads a screenshot of the browser current window canvas to a based 64 encoded PNG file. The entire windows canvas is captured, including parts rendered outside of the current view port.

Currently this only works in Mozilla and when running in chrome mode.

‘kwargs’ is A kwargs string that modifies the way the screenshot is captured. Example: “background=#CCFFDD”. 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).



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1580

def capture_entire_page_screenshot_to_string(kwargs)
    return string_command("captureEntirePageScreenshotToString", [kwargs,])
end

#capture_screenshot(filename) ⇒ Object

Captures a PNG screenshot to the specified file.

‘filename’ is the absolute path to the file to be written, e.g. “c:blahscreenshot.png”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1561

def capture_screenshot(filename)
    remote_control_command("captureScreenshot", [filename,])
end

#capture_screenshot_to_string ⇒ Object

Capture a PNG screenshot. It then returns the file as a base 64 encoded string.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1568

def capture_screenshot_to_string()
    return string_command("captureScreenshotToString", [])
end

#check(locator) ⇒ Object

Check a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 464

def check(locator)
    remote_control_command("check", [locator,])
end

#choose_cancel_on_next_confirmation ⇒ Object

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

Take note - every time a confirmation comes up, you must consume it with a corresponding getConfirmation, or else the next selenium operation will fail.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 713

def choose_cancel_on_next_confirmation()
    remote_control_command("chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation", [])
end

#choose_ok_on_next_confirmation ⇒ Object

Undo the effect of calling chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation. Note that Selenium’s overridden window.confirm() function will normally automatically return true, as if the user had manually clicked OK, so you shouldn’t need to use this command unless for some reason you need to change your mind prior to the next confirmation. After any confirmation, Selenium will resume using the default behavior for future confirmations, automatically returning true (OK) unless/until you explicitly call chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation for each confirmation.

Take note - every time a confirmation comes up, you must consume it with a corresponding getConfirmation, or else the next selenium operation will fail.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 735

def choose_ok_on_next_confirmation()
    remote_control_command("chooseOkOnNextConfirmation", [])
end

#click(locator) ⇒ Object

Clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the click action causes a new page to load (like a link usually does), call waitForPageToLoad.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 144

def click(locator)
    remote_control_command("click", [locator,])
end

#click_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the click action causes a new page to load (like a link usually does), call waitForPageToLoad.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 173

def click_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("clickAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#close ⇒ Object

Simulates the user clicking the “close” button in the titlebar of a popup window or tab.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 766

def close()
    remote_control_command("close", [])
end

#context_menu(locator) ⇒ Object

Simulates opening the context menu for the specified element (as might happen if the user “right-clicked” on the element).

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 162

def context_menu(locator)
    remote_control_command("contextMenu", [locator,])
end

#context_menu_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Simulates opening the context menu for the specified element (as might happen if the user “right-clicked” on the element).

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 193

def context_menu_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("contextMenuAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#control_key_down ⇒ Object

Press the control key and hold it down until doControlUp() is called or a new page is loaded.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 269

def control_key_down()
    remote_control_command("controlKeyDown", [])
end

#control_key_up ⇒ Object

Release the control key.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 276

def control_key_up()
    remote_control_command("controlKeyUp", [])
end

#create_cookie(nameValuePair, optionsString) ⇒ Object

Create a new cookie whose path and domain are same with those of current page under test, unless you specified a path for this cookie explicitly.

‘nameValuePair’ is name and value of the cookie in a format “name=value” ‘optionsString’ is 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.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1434

def create_cookie(nameValuePair,optionsString)
    remote_control_command("createCookie", [nameValuePair,optionsString,])
end

#delete_all_visible_cookies ⇒ Object

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 slower than simply deleting the cookies using a known domain/path.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1461

def delete_all_visible_cookies()
    remote_control_command("deleteAllVisibleCookies", [])
end

#delete_cookie(name, optionsString) ⇒ Object

Delete a named cookie with specified path and domain. Be careful; to delete a cookie, you need 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. Also note 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 with all paths that are a subset of the current path. Beware; this option can be slow. In big-O notation, it operates in O(n*m) time, where n is the number of dots in the domain name and m is the number of slashes in the path.

‘name’ is the name of the cookie to be deleted ‘optionsString’ is 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.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1452

def delete_cookie(name,optionsString)
    remote_control_command("deleteCookie", [name,optionsString,])
end

#double_click(locator) ⇒ Object

Double clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the double click action causes a new page to load (like a link usually does), call waitForPageToLoad.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 154

def double_click(locator)
    remote_control_command("doubleClick", [locator,])
end

#double_click_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Doubleclicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button. If the action causes a new page to load (like a link usually does), call waitForPageToLoad.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 184

def double_click_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("doubleClickAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#drag_and_drop(locator, movementsString) ⇒ Object

Drags an element a certain distance and then drops it

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘movementsString’ is offset in pixels from the current location to which the element should be moved, e.g., “+70,-300”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1154

def drag_and_drop(locator,movementsString)
    remote_control_command("dragAndDrop", [locator,movementsString,])
end

#drag_and_drop_to_object(locatorOfObjectToBeDragged, locatorOfDragDestinationObject) ⇒ Object

Drags an element and drops it on another element

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1163

def drag_and_drop_to_object(locatorOfObjectToBeDragged,locatorOfDragDestinationObject)
    remote_control_command("dragAndDropToObject", [locatorOfObjectToBeDragged,locatorOfDragDestinationObject,])
end

#dragdrop(locator, movementsString) ⇒ Object

deprecated - use dragAndDrop instead

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘movementsString’ is offset in pixels from the current location to which the element should be moved, e.g., “+70,-300”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1124

def dragdrop(locator,movementsString)
    remote_control_command("dragdrop", [locator,movementsString,])
end

#fire_event(locator, eventName) ⇒ Object

Explicitly simulate an event, to trigger the corresponding “onevent” handler.

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘eventName’ is the event name, e.g. “focus” or “blur”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 203

def fire_event(locator,eventName)
    remote_control_command("fireEvent", [locator,eventName,])
end

#focus(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 211

def focus(locator)
    remote_control_command("focus", [locator,])
end

#get_alert ⇒ Object

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 an alert is generated but you do not consume it with getAlert, the next Selenium action will fail. Under Selenium, JavaScript alerts will NOT pop up a visible alert dialog. Selenium does NOT support JavaScript alerts that are generated in a page’s onload() event handler. In this case a visible dialog WILL be generated and Selenium will hang until someone manually clicks OK.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 819

def get_alert()
    return string_command("getAlert", [])
end

#get_all_buttons ⇒ Object

Returns the IDs of all buttons on the page.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1087

def get_all_buttons()
    return string_array_command("getAllButtons", [])
end

#get_all_fields ⇒ Object

Returns the IDs of all input fields on the page.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1107

def get_all_fields()
    return string_array_command("getAllFields", [])
end

#get_all_links ⇒ Object

Returns the IDs of all links on the page.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1097

def get_all_links()
    return string_array_command("getAllLinks", [])
end

#get_all_window_ids ⇒ Object

Returns the IDs of all windows that the browser knows about.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1184

def get_all_window_ids()
    return string_array_command("getAllWindowIds", [])
end

#get_all_window_names ⇒ Object

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1191

def get_all_window_names()
    return string_array_command("getAllWindowNames", [])
end

#get_all_window_titles ⇒ Object

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1198

def get_all_window_titles()
    return string_array_command("getAllWindowTitles", [])
end

#get_attribute(attributeLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets the value of an element attribute. The value of the attribute may differ across browsers (this is the case for the “style” attribute, for example).

‘attributeLocator’ is an element locator followed by an @ sign and then the name of the attribute, e.g. “foo@bar”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1040

def get_attribute(attributeLocator)
    return string_command("getAttribute", [attributeLocator,])
end

#get_attribute_from_all_windows(attributeName) ⇒ Object

Returns every instance of some attribute from all known windows.

‘attributeName’ is name of an attribute on the windows



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1115

def get_attribute_from_all_windows(attributeName)
    return string_array_command("getAttributeFromAllWindows", [attributeName,])
end

#get_body_text ⇒ Object

Gets the entire text of the page.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 887

def get_body_text()
    return string_command("getBodyText", [])
end

#get_confirmation ⇒ Object

Retrieves the message of a JavaScript confirmation dialog generated during the previous action.

By default, the confirm function will return true, having the same effect as manually clicking OK. This can be changed by prior execution of the chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation 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 visible dialog.

NOTE: Selenium does NOT support JavaScript confirmations that are generated in a page’s onload() event handler. In this case a visible dialog WILL be generated and Selenium will hang until you manually click OK.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 848

def get_confirmation()
    return string_command("getConfirmation", [])
end

#get_cookie ⇒ Object

Return all cookies of the current page under test.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1408

def get_cookie()
    return string_command("getCookie", [])
end

#get_cookie_by_name(name) ⇒ Object

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

‘name’ is the name of the cookie



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1416

def get_cookie_by_name(name)
    return string_command("getCookieByName", [name,])
end

#get_cursor_position(locator) ⇒ Object

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 to return the position of the last location of the cursor, even though the cursor is now gone from the page. This is filed as SEL-243.

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

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an input element or textarea



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1280

def get_cursor_position(locator)
    return number_command("getCursorPosition", [locator,])
end

#get_element_height(locator) ⇒ Object

Retrieves the height of an element

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1267

def get_element_height(locator)
    return number_command("getElementHeight", [locator,])
end

#get_element_index(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1225

def get_element_index(locator)
    return number_command("getElementIndex", [locator,])
end

#get_element_position_left(locator) ⇒ Object

Retrieves the horizontal position of an element

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element OR an element itself



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1243

def get_element_position_left(locator)
    return number_command("getElementPositionLeft", [locator,])
end

#get_element_position_top(locator) ⇒ Object

Retrieves the vertical position of an element

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element OR an element itself



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1251

def get_element_position_top(locator)
    return number_command("getElementPositionTop", [locator,])
end

#get_element_width(locator) ⇒ Object

Retrieves the width of an element

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an element



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1259

def get_element_width(locator)
    return number_command("getElementWidth", [locator,])
end

#get_eval(script) ⇒ Object

Gets the result of evaluating the specified JavaScript snippet. The snippet may have 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, so this will refer to the Selenium object. Use window to refer to the window of your application, e.g. window.document.getElementById('foo') If you need to use a locator to refer to a single element in your application page, you can use this.browserbot.findElement("id=foo") where “id=foo” is your locator.

‘script’ is the JavaScript snippet to run



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 933

def get_eval(script)
    return string_command("getEval", [script,])
end

#get_expression(expression) ⇒ Object

Returns the specified expression.

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

‘expression’ is the value to return



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1292

def get_expression(expression)
    return string_command("getExpression", [expression,])
end

#get_html_source ⇒ Object

Returns the entire HTML source between the opening and closing “html” tags.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1206

def get_html_source()
    return string_command("getHtmlSource", [])
end

#get_location ⇒ Object

Gets the absolute URL of the current page.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 873

def get_location()
    return string_command("getLocation", [])
end

#get_mouse_speed ⇒ Object

Returns the number of pixels between “mousemove” events during dragAndDrop commands (default=10).



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1145

def get_mouse_speed()
    return number_command("getMouseSpeed", [])
end

#get_prompt ⇒ Object

Retrieves the message of a JavaScript question prompt dialog generated during the previous action.

Successful handling of the prompt requires prior execution of the answerOnNextPrompt command. If a prompt is generated but you do not get/verify it, the next Selenium action will fail. NOTE: under Selenium, JavaScript prompts will NOT pop up a visible dialog. NOTE: Selenium does NOT support JavaScript prompts that are generated in a page’s onload() event handler. In this case a visible dialog WILL be generated and Selenium will hang until someone manually clicks OK.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 866

def get_prompt()
    return string_command("getPrompt", [])
end

#get_select_options(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets all option labels in the specified select drop-down.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1030

def get_select_options(selectLocator)
    return string_array_command("getSelectOptions", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_id(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets option element ID for selected option in the specified select element.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1014

def get_selected_id(selectLocator)
    return string_command("getSelectedId", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_ids(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets all option element IDs for selected options in the specified select or multi-select element.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1006

def get_selected_ids(selectLocator)
    return string_array_command("getSelectedIds", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_index(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

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

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 998

def get_selected_index(selectLocator)
    return string_command("getSelectedIndex", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_indexes(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

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

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 990

def get_selected_indexes(selectLocator)
    return string_array_command("getSelectedIndexes", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_label(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets option label (visible text) for selected option in the specified select element.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 966

def get_selected_label(selectLocator)
    return string_command("getSelectedLabel", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_labels(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

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

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 958

def get_selected_labels(selectLocator)
    return string_array_command("getSelectedLabels", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_value(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Gets option value (value attribute) for selected option in the specified select element.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 982

def get_selected_value(selectLocator)
    return string_command("getSelectedValue", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_selected_values(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

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

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 974

def get_selected_values(selectLocator)
    return string_array_command("getSelectedValues", [selectLocator,])
end

#get_speed ⇒ Object

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.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 456

def get_speed()
    return string_command("getSpeed", [])
end

#get_table(tableCellAddress) ⇒ Object

Gets the text from a cell of a table. The cellAddress syntax tableLocator.row.column, where row and column start at 0.

‘tableCellAddress’ is a cell address, e.g. “foo.1.4”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 950

def get_table(tableCellAddress)
    return string_command("getTable", [tableCellAddress,])
end

#get_text(locator) ⇒ Object

Gets the text of an element. This works for any element that contains text. This command uses either the textContent (Mozilla-like browsers) or the innerText (IE-like browsers) of the element, which is the rendered text shown to the user.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 908

def get_text(locator)
    return string_command("getText", [locator,])
end

#get_title ⇒ Object

Gets the title of the current page.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 880

def get_title()
    return string_command("getTitle", [])
end

#get_value(locator) ⇒ Object

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 on whether the element is checked or not.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 897

def get_value(locator)
    return string_command("getValue", [locator,])
end

#get_whether_this_frame_match_frame_expression(currentFrameString, target) ⇒ Object

Determine whether current/locator identify the frame containing this running code.

This is useful in proxy injection mode, where this code runs in every browser frame and window, and sometimes the selenium server needs to identify the “current” frame. In this case, when the test calls selectFrame, this routine 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.

‘currentFrameString’ is starting frame ‘target’ is new frame (which might be relative to the current one)



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 667

def get_whether_this_frame_match_frame_expression(currentFrameString,target)
    return boolean_command("getWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression", [currentFrameString,target,])
end

#get_whether_this_window_match_window_expression(currentWindowString, target) ⇒ Object

Determine whether currentWindowString plus target identify the window containing this running code.

This is useful in proxy injection mode, where this code runs in every browser frame and window, and sometimes the selenium server needs to identify the “current” window. In this case, when the test calls selectWindow, this routine 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.

‘currentWindowString’ is starting window ‘target’ is new window (which might be relative to the current one, e.g., “_parent”)



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 683

def get_whether_this_window_match_window_expression(currentWindowString,target)
    return boolean_command("getWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression", [currentWindowString,target,])
end

#get_xpath_count(xpath) ⇒ Object

Returns the number of nodes that match the specified xpath, eg. “//table” would give the number of tables.

‘xpath’ is the xpath expression to evaluate. do NOT wrap this expression in a ‘count()’ function; we will do that for you.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1301

def get_xpath_count(xpath)
    return number_command("getXpathCount", [xpath,])
end

#go_back ⇒ Object

Simulates the user clicking the “back” button on their browser.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 751

def go_back()
    remote_control_command("goBack", [])
end

#highlight(locator) ⇒ Object

Briefly changes the backgroundColor of the specified element yellow. Useful for debugging.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 916

def highlight(locator)
    remote_control_command("highlight", [locator,])
end

#ignore_attributes_without_value(ignore) ⇒ Object

Specifies whether Selenium will ignore xpath attributes that have no value, i.e. are the empty string, when using the non-native xpath evaluation engine. You’d want to do this for performance reasons in IE. However, this could break certain xpaths, for example an xpath that looks for an attribute whose value is NOT the empty string.

The hope is that such xpaths are relatively rare, but the user should have the option of using them. Note that this only influences xpath evaluation when using the ajaxslt engine (i.e. not “javascript-xpath”).

‘ignore’ is boolean, true means we’ll ignore attributes without value at the expense of xpath “correctness”; false means we’ll sacrifice speed for correctness.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1341

def ignore_attributes_without_value(ignore)
    remote_control_command("ignoreAttributesWithoutValue", [ignore,])
end

#is_alert_present ⇒ Object

Has an alert occurred?

This function never throws an exception



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 778

def is_alert_present()
    return boolean_command("isAlertPresent", [])
end

#is_checked(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to a checkbox or radio button



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 941

def is_checked(locator)
    return boolean_command("isChecked", [locator,])
end

#is_confirmation_present ⇒ Object

Has confirm() been called?

This function never throws an exception



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 802

def is_confirmation_present()
    return boolean_command("isConfirmationPresent", [])
end

#is_cookie_present(name) ⇒ Object

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

‘name’ is the name of the cookie



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1424

def is_cookie_present(name)
    return boolean_command("isCookiePresent", [name,])
end

#is_editable(locator) ⇒ Object

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.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1077

def is_editable(locator)
    return boolean_command("isEditable", [locator,])
end

#is_element_present(locator) ⇒ Object

Verifies that the specified element is somewhere on the page.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1056

def is_element_present(locator)
    return boolean_command("isElementPresent", [locator,])
end

#is_ordered(locator1, locator2) ⇒ Object

Check if these two elements have same parent and are ordered siblings in the DOM. Two same elements will not be considered ordered.

‘locator1’ is an element locator pointing to the first element ‘locator2’ is an element locator pointing to the second element



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1235

def is_ordered(locator1,locator2)
    return boolean_command("isOrdered", [locator1,locator2,])
end

#is_prompt_present ⇒ Object

Has a prompt occurred?

This function never throws an exception



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 790

def is_prompt_present()
    return boolean_command("isPromptPresent", [])
end

#is_something_selected(selectLocator) ⇒ Object

Determines whether some option in a drop-down menu is selected.

‘selectLocator’ is an element locator identifying a drop-down menu



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1022

def is_something_selected(selectLocator)
    return boolean_command("isSomethingSelected", [selectLocator,])
end

#is_text_present(pattern) ⇒ Object

Verifies that the specified text pattern appears somewhere on the rendered page shown to the user.

‘pattern’ is a pattern to match with the text of the page



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1048

def is_text_present(pattern)
    return boolean_command("isTextPresent", [pattern,])
end

#is_visible(locator) ⇒ Object

Determines if the specified element is visible. An element can be rendered invisible by setting the CSS “visibility” property to “hidden”, or the “display” property to “none”, either for the element itself or one if its ancestors. This method will fail if the element is not present.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1068

def is_visible(locator)
    return boolean_command("isVisible", [locator,])
end

#key_down(locator, keySequence) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing a key (without releasing it yet).

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘keySequence’ is 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“.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 285

def key_down(locator,keySequence)
    remote_control_command("keyDown", [locator,keySequence,])
end

#key_down_native(keycode) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing a key (without releasing it yet) by sending a native operating system keystroke. This function uses the java.awt.Robot class to send a keystroke; this more accurately simulates typing a key on the keyboard. It does not honor settings from the shiftKeyDown, controlKeyDown, altKeyDown and metaKeyDown commands, and does not target any particular HTML element. To send a keystroke to a particular element, focus on the element first before running this command.

‘keycode’ is an integer keycode number corresponding to a java.awt.event.KeyEvent; note that Java keycodes are NOT the same thing as JavaScript keycodes!



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1611

def key_down_native(keycode)
    remote_control_command("keyDownNative", [keycode,])
end

#key_press(locator, keySequence) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing and releasing a key.

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘keySequence’ is 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“.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 220

def key_press(locator,keySequence)
    remote_control_command("keyPress", [locator,keySequence,])
end

#key_press_native(keycode) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing and releasing a key by sending a native operating system keystroke. This function uses the java.awt.Robot class to send a keystroke; this more accurately simulates typing a key on the keyboard. It does not honor settings from the shiftKeyDown, controlKeyDown, altKeyDown and metaKeyDown commands, and does not target any particular HTML element. To send a keystroke to a particular element, focus on the element first before running this command.

‘keycode’ is an integer keycode number corresponding to a java.awt.event.KeyEvent; note that Java keycodes are NOT the same thing as JavaScript keycodes!



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1635

def key_press_native(keycode)
    remote_control_command("keyPressNative", [keycode,])
end

#key_up(locator, keySequence) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user releasing a key.

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘keySequence’ is 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“.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 294

def key_up(locator,keySequence)
    remote_control_command("keyUp", [locator,keySequence,])
end

#key_up_native(keycode) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user releasing a key by sending a native operating system keystroke. This function uses the java.awt.Robot class to send a keystroke; this more accurately simulates typing a key on the keyboard. It does not honor settings from the shiftKeyDown, controlKeyDown, altKeyDown and metaKeyDown commands, and does not target any particular HTML element. To send a keystroke to a particular element, focus on the element first before running this command.

‘keycode’ is an integer keycode number corresponding to a java.awt.event.KeyEvent; note that Java keycodes are NOT the same thing as JavaScript keycodes!



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1623

def key_up_native(keycode)
    remote_control_command("keyUpNative", [keycode,])
end

#meta_key_down ⇒ Object

Press the meta key and hold it down until doMetaUp() is called or a new page is loaded.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 241

def meta_key_down()
    remote_control_command("metaKeyDown", [])
end

#meta_key_up ⇒ Object

Release the meta key.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 248

def meta_key_up()
    remote_control_command("metaKeyUp", [])
end

#mouse_down(locator) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing the left mouse button (without releasing it yet) on the specified element.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 319

def mouse_down(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseDown", [locator,])
end

#mouse_down_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing the left mouse button (without releasing it yet) at the specified location.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 338

def mouse_down_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("mouseDownAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#mouse_down_right(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 328

def mouse_down_right(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseDownRight", [locator,])
end

#mouse_down_right_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user pressing the right mouse button (without releasing it yet) at the specified location.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 348

def mouse_down_right_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("mouseDownRightAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#mouse_move(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 395

def mouse_move(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseMove", [locator,])
end

#mouse_move_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

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

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 405

def mouse_move_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("mouseMoveAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#mouse_out(locator) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user moving the mouse pointer away from the specified element.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 310

def mouse_out(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseOut", [locator,])
end

#mouse_over(locator) ⇒ Object

Simulates a user hovering a mouse over the specified element.

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 302

def mouse_over(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseOver", [locator,])
end

#mouse_up(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 357

def mouse_up(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseUp", [locator,])
end

#mouse_up_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the mouse button (i.e., stops holding the button down) at the specified location.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 376

def mouse_up_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("mouseUpAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#mouse_up_right(locator) ⇒ Object

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

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 366

def mouse_up_right(locator)
    remote_control_command("mouseUpRight", [locator,])
end

#mouse_up_right_at(locator, coordString) ⇒ Object

Simulates the event that occurs when the user releases the right mouse button (i.e., stops holding the button down) at the specified location.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 386

def mouse_up_right_at(locator,coordString)
    remote_control_command("mouseUpRightAt", [locator,coordString,])
end

#open(url) ⇒ Object

Opens an URL in the test frame. This accepts both relative and absolute URLs.

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 HTML due to security restrictions in the browser (Same Origin Policy). If you need to open an URL on another domain, use the Selenium Server to start a new browser session on that domain.

‘url’ is the URL to open; may be relative or absolute



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 571

def open(url)
    remote_control_command("open", [url,])
end

#open_window(url, windowID) ⇒ Object

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 selectWindow command.

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, using an empty (blank) url, like this: openWindow(“”, “myFunnyWindow”).

‘url’ is the URL to open, which can be blank ‘windowID’ is the JavaScript window ID of the window to select



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 587

def open_window(url,windowID)
    remote_control_command("openWindow", [url,windowID,])
end

#refresh ⇒ Object

Simulates the user clicking the “Refresh” button on their browser.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 758

def refresh()
    remote_control_command("refresh", [])
end

#remove_all_selections(locator) ⇒ Object

Unselects all of the selected options in a multi-select element.

‘locator’ is an element locator identifying a multi-select box



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 545

def remove_all_selections(locator)
    remote_control_command("removeAllSelections", [locator,])
end

#remove_selection(locator, optionLocator) ⇒ Object

Remove a selection from the set of selected options in a multi-select element using an option locator.

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

See Also:

  • for details of option locators


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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 537

def remove_selection(locator,optionLocator)
    remote_control_command("removeSelection", [locator,optionLocator,])
end

#retrieve_last_remote_control_logs ⇒ Object

Retrieve the last messages logged on a specific remote control. Useful for error reports, especially when running multiple remote controls in a distributed environment. The maximum number of log messages that can be retrieve is configured on remote control startup.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1599

def retrieve_last_remote_control_logs()
    return string_command("retrieveLastRemoteControlLogs", [])
end

#rollup(rollupName, kwargs) ⇒ Object

Executes a command rollup, which is a series of commands with a unique name, and optionally arguments that control the generation of the set of commands. If any one of the rolled-up commands fails, the rollup is considered to have failed. Rollups may also contain nested rollups.

‘rollupName’ is the name of the rollup command ‘kwargs’ is keyword arguments string that influences how the rollup expands into commands



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1535

def rollup(rollupName,kwargs)
    remote_control_command("rollup", [rollupName,kwargs,])
end

#run_script(script) ⇒ Object

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 in this way can often be debugged more easily than scripts executed using Selenium’s “getEval” command. Beware that JS exceptions thrown in these script tags aren’t managed by Selenium, so you should probably wrap your script in try/catch blocks if there is any chance that the script will throw an exception.

‘script’ is the JavaScript snippet to run



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1486

def run_script(script)
    remote_control_command("runScript", [script,])
end

#select(selectLocator, optionLocator) ⇒ Object

Select an option from a drop-down using an option locator.

Option locators provide different ways of specifying options of an HTML Select element (e.g. for selecting a specific option, or for asserting that the selected option satisfies a specification). There are several forms of Select Option Locator.

  • label=labelPattern:

matches options based on their labels, i.e. the visible text. (This is the default.)

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.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 515

def select(selectLocator,optionLocator)
    remote_control_command("select", [selectLocator,optionLocator,])
end

#select_frame(locator) ⇒ Object

Selects a frame within the current window. (You may invoke this command multiple 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"]

‘locator’ is an element locator identifying a frame or iframe



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 651

def select_frame(locator)
    remote_control_command("selectFrame", [locator,])
end

#select_window(windowID) ⇒ Object

Selects a popup window using a window locator; once a popup window has been selected, all commands go to that window. To select the main window again, use null as 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 will just 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 current application 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 assumed that 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 messages which identify the names of windows created via window.open (and therefore intercepted by Selenium). You will see messages like 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, using an empty (blank) url, like this: openWindow(“”, “myFunnyWindow”).

‘windowID’ is the JavaScript window ID of the window to select



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 635

def select_window(windowID)
    remote_control_command("selectWindow", [windowID,])
end

#set_browser_log_level(logLevel) ⇒ Object

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 to either show the log window in GUI mode, or enable browser-side logging in Selenium RC.

‘logLevel’ is one of the following: “debug”, “info”, “warn”, “error” or “off”



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1472

def set_browser_log_level(logLevel)
    remote_control_command("setBrowserLogLevel", [logLevel,])
end

#set_context(context) ⇒ Object

Writes a message to the status bar and adds a note to the browser-side log.

‘context’ is the message to be sent to the browser



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1544

def set_context(context)
    remote_control_command("setContext", [context,])
end

#set_cursor_position(locator, position) ⇒ Object

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.

‘locator’ is an element locator pointing to an input element or textarea ‘position’ is 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.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1216

def set_cursor_position(locator,position)
    remote_control_command("setCursorPosition", [locator,position,])
end

#set_mouse_speed(pixels) ⇒ Object

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 pixel in between the start location and the end location; that can be very slow, and may cause some browsers to force the JavaScript to timeout. If the mouse speed is greater than the distance between the two dragged objects, we’ll just send one “mousemove” at the start location and then one final one at the end location.

‘pixels’ is the number of pixels between “mousemove” events



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1138

def set_mouse_speed(pixels)
    remote_control_command("setMouseSpeed", [pixels,])
end

#set_speed(value) ⇒ Object

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.

‘value’ is the number of milliseconds to pause after operation



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 446

def set_speed(value)
    remote_control_command("setSpeed", [value,])
end

#set_timeout(timeout) ⇒ Object

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.

‘timeout’ is a timeout in milliseconds, after which the action will return with an error



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1370

def set_timeout(timeout)
    remote_control_command("setTimeout", [timeout,])
end

#shift_key_down ⇒ Object

Press the shift key and hold it down until doShiftUp() is called or a new page is loaded.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 227

def shift_key_down()
    remote_control_command("shiftKeyDown", [])
end

#shift_key_up ⇒ Object

Release the shift key.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 234

def shift_key_up()
    remote_control_command("shiftKeyUp", [])
end

#shut_down_selenium_server ⇒ Object

Kills the running Selenium Server and all browser sessions. After you run this command, you will no longer be able to send commands to the server; you can’t remotely start the server once it has been stopped. Normally you should prefer to run the “stop” command, which terminates the current browser session, rather than shutting down the entire server.



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1590

def shut_down_selenium_server()
    remote_control_command("shutDownSeleniumServer", [])
end

#submit(formLocator) ⇒ Object

Submit the specified form. This is particularly useful for forms without submit buttons, e.g. single-input “Search” forms.

‘formLocator’ is an element locator for the form you want to submit



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 554

def submit(formLocator)
    remote_control_command("submit", [formLocator,])
end

#type(locator, value) ⇒ Object

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.

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘value’ is the value to type



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 418

def type(locator,value)
    remote_control_command("type", [locator,value,])
end

#type_keys(locator, value) ⇒ Object

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 command may 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 in the 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 to send the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.

‘locator’ is an element locator ‘value’ is the value to type



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 437

def type_keys(locator,value)
    remote_control_command("typeKeys", [locator,value,])
end

#uncheck(locator) ⇒ Object

Uncheck a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)

‘locator’ is an element locator



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 472

def uncheck(locator)
    remote_control_command("uncheck", [locator,])
end

#wait_for_condition(script, timeout) ⇒ Object

Runs the specified JavaScript snippet repeatedly until it evaluates to “true”. The snippet may have multiple lines, but only the result of the last line will be considered.

Note that, by default, the snippet will be run in the runner’s test window, not in the window of your application. To get the window of your application, you can use the JavaScript snippet selenium.browserbot.getCurrentWindow(), and then run your JavaScript in there

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1358

def wait_for_condition(script,timeout)
    remote_control_command("waitForCondition", [script,timeout,])
end

#wait_for_frame_to_load(frameAddress, timeout) ⇒ Object

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.

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



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1401

def wait_for_frame_to_load(frameAddress,timeout)
    remote_control_command("waitForFrameToLoad", [frameAddress,timeout,])
end

#wait_for_page_to_load(timeout) ⇒ Object

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 after turns the flag to false. Hence, if you want to wait for a page to load, you must wait immediately after a Selenium command that caused a page-load.

‘timeout’ is a timeout in milliseconds, after which this command will return with an error



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1386

def wait_for_page_to_load(timeout)
    remote_control_command("waitForPageToLoad", [timeout,])
end

#wait_for_pop_up(windowID, timeout) ⇒ Object

Waits for a popup window to appear and load up.

‘windowID’ is the JavaScript window “name” of the window that will appear (not the text of the title bar) ‘timeout’ is a timeout in milliseconds, after which the action will return with an error



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 692

def wait_for_pop_up(windowID,timeout)
    remote_control_command("waitForPopUp", [windowID,timeout,])
end

#window_focus ⇒ Object

Gives focus to the currently selected window



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1170

def window_focus()
    remote_control_command("windowFocus", [])
end

#window_maximize ⇒ Object

Resize currently selected window to take up the entire screen



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# File 'lib/selenium/client/generated_driver.rb', line 1177

def window_maximize()
    remote_control_command("windowMaximize", [])
end