selenium c# keeping browser open permanently

[Szymon Roslowski]

Hi, 

I was wondering if I could open a browser, navigate to a certain page, fill in the form and then quit the application explicitly leaving the browser open for the user to take over.

Whatever I do the browser always closes when I destroy the driver. Sleep 99999 is absolutely not an option.

Basically I need to automatically fill in the form with data from a data source using automation rather than user typing (to avoid mistypes) but leave user the option to go over it and submit if everything is OK.

Fundamentally I thought Selenium would be a perfect tool for it but is it ?

Thanks.

[Peter Gale]

Check you code for where the reference to your browser object is terminated and make sure that the object doesn't get destroyed.

It is possible to leave the browser open after your code exists. If not it is a coding issue not a Selenium one.

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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:20:06 -0700
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[Szymon Roslowski]

The Object will get destroyed as when the application finished filling in the form, it has done its job and therefore closes, destroying any and all objects created within.

But i want the browser to stay open after the application closes.

as to "it is possible to leave the browser open" could you demonstrate how ?

Thank you.

[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

As long as you aren't calling either driver.close() (or) driver.quit() the browser should stay open and not get closed.

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[Szymon Roslowski]

That is the problem. It closes together with the application :

Here is an example app written in c#

The browser closes after the "John" line.

namespace ConsoleApplication1

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            using (var driver = new ChromeDriver())

            {

                driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/account/register");

                var firstNameField = driver.FindElementById("FirstName");

                firstNameField.SendKeys("John");

                // At this stage Finished filling in the form so quit.

                // But leave the browser open !!!

            }

        }

    }

}

[Szymon Roslowski]

This doesn't help either. Browser still closes when the application quits.

var options = new ChromeOptions {LeaveBrowserRunning = true};

using (var driver = new ChromeDriver(options))

Please Help.

[Peter Gale]

Perhaps you need to define the object at a higher level of scope.

I haven't notice a "LeaveBrowserRunning" setting for Chrome before, but you might want a solution that works for all browsers

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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:59:59 -0700
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[Szymon Roslowski]

Seems like something so trivial simply can't be done.

It's a waste having to ditch the idea of electricity for a broken switch, but seems like there is nothing else I can do.

Thank you all for replies.

Moving on....

[Dmytro Zharii]

Hi Szymon, 

The browser closes automatically because you are initializing it inside the using block. 

            using (var driver = new ChromeDriver())

            {

            }

Just do not use using statement and the browser won't close (won't be disposed)

var driver = new ChromeDriver()

See also about "using":

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/75401/uses-of-using-in-c-sharp

-Dmytro