run test in two different browser tabs or windows

[Vitalii Chepeliuk]

Hi all! I want to run almost the same test in two different browser windows or browser tabs. I want to check if in 1 tab/windows one DOM element is present and in another tab/windows another DOM element should be shown. Is that possible then to run 2 tests in parallel or 1 test with different DOM elements present in 2 tabs/windows?

[KajMagnus]

Hi,

+1  :-)   I also want to run tests in two different browser windows (not tabs though). I've built a forum + chat, and I'd like to test that messages sent by user no 1, appears for user no 2, and vice versa.

I suspect I need two completely different browsers, e.g. Chrome and FF, or two totally separate instances of Chrome — because each user has its own cookies. So only two different tabs won't work.

(In fact, I might want to start perhaps three or even four browsers. To test many people in the forum/chat at once.)

Best regards, KajMagnus

[KajMagnus]

Hi again,

Vitalii, I think you can open a new tab by following some of the answers here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17547473/how-to-open-a-new-tab-using-selenium-webdriver

And then you can switch back and forth between the tabs, as needed, as described here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12729265/switch-tabs-using-selenium-webdriver

And, in my case, I can perhaps just use a Bash script that starts two or more different instances of Nightwatch, each controlling their own browser instance and representing one user.

Best regards

[Vitalii Chepeliuk]

Hi KajMagnus! Thanks for response I should try this two options you posted. 

Regards

вівторок, 2 лютого 2016 р. 06:35:23 UTC+1 користувач KajMagnus написав:

[KajMagnus]

Hi Nightwatch people, the feature I had in mind in my case, namely to run many browsers at the same time to test e.g. a chat, is actually available in another project, webdriver.io, and they call it Multiremote, here: http://webdriver.io/guide/usage/multiremote.html

(In case you want to copy it or be inspired by it, or ... not sure, seems like good to know)

Best regards, KajMagnus

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[Andrei Rusu]

You can also have a look here:
http://nightwatchjs.org/blog/testing-webrtc-apps-with-nightwatch/

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