Lesson 16 - PHP Testing - More Selenium WebDriver Syntax
In the previous lesson, PHP Testing - Selenium WebDriver syntax overview, we started with a detailed description of the Selenium WebDriver syntax of the Codeception PHP framework. In today's tutorial, we're going to continue.
Controlling the browser
Keyboard
Of course we can manipulate with the keyboard.
- pressKey(element, keys) - Presses a given key in a given
element. We pass the keys as separated method parameters and as strings (e.g.
"a"
). The strings can contains multiple characters as well. Instead of a single key, we can also pass a string array with they keys which should be pressed simultaneously (e.g. ['ctrl', 'c']).
Tabs
Now let's introduce the manipulation with tabs.
- switchToWindow(name) - Switches to another window (tab) of a given name. If we don't provide the name, it switches to the previous window.
- switchToNextTab(offset) - Switches to the next tab. We
can also provide an offset to skip some tabs. For example, to switch to the
second next tab, we'd use the offset
2
. - switchToPreviousTab(offset) - Switches to the previous
tab. We can also define the offset, to jump to the second previous tab by using
the value
2
. - closeTab() - Closes the current tab and moves to the last active tab.
- openNewTab() - Opens a new tab and switches to it (the AdBlock add-on can cause a failure of this action).
Other
There are still some actions in the browser control category
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This tutorial details the Selenium WebDriver syntax of the Codeception PHP framework. Controlling the browser, forms, sessions, and multiuser testing.
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