Tag Archives: Selenium IDE

Learn Alternate Locators Using Selenium IDE

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Samit Badle

A locator in Selenium is a means of identifying an element for the selenium command. Usually it is the target part of the command. Did you know that when recording with the Selenium IDE, sometimes the target textbox changes into … Continue reading →

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The Stored Variables Viewer Plugin for Selenium IDE v1.3 Released

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Samit Badle

The new version of my Stored Variables Viewer plugin for Selenium IDE has been uploaded to the Firefox addons site. This version bring user experience improvements, added functionality and internal improvements. Thanks to Paul Grandjean for helpful comments on the first version. Once … Continue reading →

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Log Search Bar Plugin for Selenium IDE v1.1 Released

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Samit Badle

The Log Search Bar plugin for Selenium IDE has been updated to v1.1. This version works around a bug in Firefox to support older 3.x versions of Firefox and adds some internal improvements. Thanks to Bob Zakes for providing helpful comments about circumstances … Continue reading →

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Almost Magical Facelift of Selenium IDE Panes

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Samit Badle

Styles are awesome! What started as an exploration to add some style for a menu for one of my Selenium IDE Plugins turned into a small redesign of the panes header of Selenium IDE. What I refer to as panes is … Continue reading →

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Running Selenium RC With Firefox 4 Beta 6

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Samit Badle

Yeah!!! Managed to get a small test working on Firefox 4 beta 6 using Selenium RC v1.0.1 Here are the steps that I followed. Rename the selenium-server.jar to selenium-server.zip (as it is actually a zip file). Unpack the selenium-server.xip into … Continue reading →

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Exploratory Maintenance and Debugging Selenium Tests

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Samit Badle

What would you do if you ever have to maintain or debug tests that are unknown to you or you have forgotten? Sounds familiar? One obvious approach is to study the test scripts. But if pouring over pages and pages … Continue reading →

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Highlight Elements Plugin for Selenium IDE ver 1.0 Released

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Samit Badle

The Highlight Elements plugin for Selenium IDE is now available on the Firefox addons site. This plugin for Selenium-IDE highlights elements specified in the Selenese commands on the web page as the test case is executed. Once this plugin is installed, a highlight … Continue reading →

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The Selenium Files: Missing Log Message in Selenium IDE

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Samit Badle

Every now and then I noticed that the first log message did not show up in the log pane of the Selenium IDE. Thanks to my File Logging plugin for Selenium IDE, it was never a problem. The File Logging … Continue reading →

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The Test Suite Batch Converter plugin for Selenium IDE Updated

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Samit Badle

The Test Suite Batch Converter plugin for Selenium IDE has been updated to v1.1. This update makes some internal improvements. The user interface was not changed. Get it from the Firefox addons website. As usual, feel free to leave comments, … Continue reading →

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The Selenium Files: Misbehaving typeKeys!

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Samit Badle

I wrote this post a few months back and then went on a holiday without posting it. By the time I was back, I had completely forgotten about it. Perhaps, stumbling upon it today is a sign that I should … Continue reading →

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