Navigate.Back() does not work properly with chrome/.net

[Daniel Aldridge]

I have some tests in Java/Selenium/Eclipse/Testng and in those tests I use the webdriver.navigate().back() method, and it works fine.

I'm migrated some values to C#/Selenium and I'm utilizing the same web pages, and basically the same code, but the webdriver.navigate().back()
does not work.

Note: The url is always the same, no matter what page you are on. The Navigate().Back() works fine in Java, but not in C#.
What do you think?

Thanks!

[Daniel Aldridge]

Well I was able to trick it out.
WebDriver.Navigate().Back() does not work but executing some javascript does.


 ((IJavaScriptExecutor)webDriver).ExecuteScript("history.go(-1);", new Object[0]);

Whew!

[Pavan Turlapati]

Daniel:

Is this the case on both C# and Java?

[Daniel Aldridge]

Pavan,

No, It just works in Java. The issue is URL masking.. the url is always the same. In the utilizing the .net driver will bring you back
to the main page, whereas the Java driver will bring you back to the previous page.

thanks

[Jim Evans]

Given the architecture of the Chrome driver, differences in behavior between language bindings are exceedingly rare. Not discounting what you're seeing, but both the .NET and the Java language bindings are doing the exact same thing under the covers (making an HTTP request to http://localhost:<chromedriver.exe.port>/<sessionid>/back). It's up to chromedriver.exe to handle the actual navigation in Chrome.

[Daniel Aldridge]

Jim,

Thanks for the reply! Guess what, I have 2 different chromedrivers. One for the java environment and one for the .net environment. The java driver is from 11/25/2013, the .net driver is the most recent.  If I use the chromedriver from the Java environment in .net.. the BACK BUTTON WORKS FINE!!!!!!!  So that is the real issue.

Thanks!

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[malireddy SrinivasaReddy]

Hi Daniel,

I am still having trouble with chrome browser not navigating back 

i have tried all the chrome driver releases at 

http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html

but still it's not navigating back to blank page

can you help me in this regard? please

Thanks

Reddy

[Jegadeesh mani]

Hi,

Use implicity wait or thread, it should work.

Thanks,

Jegadeesh

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[Prerit Chandra]

Use :-

Thread.sleep(2000);

driver.navigate().back();