Opening multiple tabs when using FirefoxProfile in Python

[Jim Byrnes]

I set up a Firefox profile to use with FirefoxProfile(). It has open in
tabs instead of windows checked. When I run my code multiple windows
still open and the option to open tabs is now unchecked.

I have found some old posts that say it is not possible to open multiple
tabs. I am checking to see if it is still impossible or maybe I am doing
something wrong in my code.

Regards, Jim

[Titus Fortner]

Firefox is unlikely to ever support interacting with multiple tabs with Selenium

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[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/05/2016 08:20 PM, Titus Fortner wrote:
> Firefox is unlikely to ever support interacting with multiple tabs
> with Selenium

Is that also true of Chrome? Since I discovered Selenium I have been
working exclusively with Firefox, but if Chrome gave me the capability I
want I could switch.

Thanks, Jim

> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Jim Byrnes
> <jf_b...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I set up a Firefox profile to use with FirefoxProfile(). It has
>> open in tabs instead of windows checked. When I run my code
>> multiple windows still open and the option to open tabs is now
>> unchecked.
>>
>> I have found some old posts that say it is not possible to open
>> multiple tabs. I am checking to see if it is still impossible or
>> maybe I am doing something wrong in my code.
>>
>> Regards, Jim
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[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Opening a new page in a new tab vs new window is a behavior of the browser and NOT that of an application. So i would be curious to know as to why is "Open in a new window"NOT  good enough here ?

How is open in a new tab different from open in a new window in terms of the application functionality?

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 7:28 AM +0530, "Jim Byrnes" <jf_b...@comcast.net> wrote:

On 11/05/2016 08:20 PM, Titus Fortner wrote:
> Firefox is unlikely to ever support interacting with multiple tabs
> with Selenium

Is that also true of Chrome?  Since I discovered Selenium I have been 
working exclusively with Firefox, but if Chrome gave me the capability I 
want I could switch.

Thanks,  Jim

> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Jim Byrnes
>  wrote:
>
>> I set up a Firefox profile to use with FirefoxProfile(). It has
>> open in tabs instead of windows checked. When I run my code
>> multiple windows still open and the option to open tabs is now
>> unchecked.
>>
>> I have found some old posts that say it is not possible to open
>> multiple tabs. I am checking to see if it is still impossible or
>> maybe I am doing something wrong in my code.
>>
>> Regards, Jim
>>
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[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/05/2016 09:16 PM, Krishnan Mahadevan wrote:
>
>
> Opening a new page in a new tab vs new window is a behavior of the
> browser and NOT that of an application. So i would be curious to know
> as to why is "Open in a new window"NOT good enough here ?
>
>
> How is open in a new tab different from open in a new window in terms
> of the application functionality?
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Krishnan Mahadevan

Because I am not using Selenium for testing. I want to use it to
automate some log ons, form filling, etc. I wanted to use it with an
existing instance of Firefox but learned here that it is not possible. I
am used to working with tabs not multiple open windows. So I thought if
I could use FirefoxProfile to open one window with multiple tabs that
would be ok. I had been using iMacros for this but for some reason a
couple of weeks ago it stopped working. An update or something must have
messed it up. At that point I discovered Selenium and the fact that it
had Python bindings seemed ideal.

Thanks, Jim

[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Jim,

In that case, I would suggest that you please take a look at this StackOverFlow post and see if that helps

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17547473/how-to-open-a-new-tab-using-selenium-webdriver-with-java

The solution is in java, but you should be able to translate it to Python as well..

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/05/2016 10:17 PM, ⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝ wrote:
> Jim,
>
> In that case, I would suggest that you please take a look at this
> StackOverFlow post and see if that helps
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17547473/how-to-open-a-new-tab-using-selenium-webdriver-with-java
>
>
>
The solution is in java, but you should be able to translate it to
> Python as well..
>
>
> Thanks & Regards Krishnan Mahadevan
>

Krishnan,

Thanks for the link, that should help. Sorry for the delay in getting
back to you. A update totally messed up my video and I just got up and
running again.

Regards, Jim

[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/08/2016 07:08 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 11/05/2016 10:17 PM, ⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝ wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> In that case, I would suggest that you please take a look at this
>> StackOverFlow post and see if that helps
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17547473/how-to-open-a-new-tab-using-selenium-webdriver-with-java
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>>
The solution is in java, but you should be able to translate it to
>> Python as well..
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards Krishnan Mahadevan
>>
>
> Krishnan,
>
> Thanks for the link, that should help. Sorry for the delay in
> getting back to you. A update totally messed up my video and I just
> got up and running again.
>
> Regards, Jim

Krishnan,

A little below the java code was a Python version, but I could not get
it to work. Even further down was a javascript one liner that did work
until I tried to use it with a firefox profile I created for use with
Selenium. I have included some test code, does anyone see a way to make
it work.

#test_sel.py

from selenium import webdriver

'''
# This block doesn't work using a custom profile when running Selenium
fp =
webdriver.FirefoxProfile('/home/jfb/.mozilla/firefox/f8i6e3pi.Selenium')
fp.set_preference('browser.link.open_newwindow', 3)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(fp)
'''
# this block works. Opens a new browser window and then opens tabs in it
driver = webdriver.Firefox()

driver.get('http://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us')
# opens a new tab
driver.execute_script("window.open('http://stackoverflow.com/','_blank');");

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On 11/08/2016 07:08 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:

> On 11/05/2016 10:17 PM, ⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝ wrote:

>> Jim,

>>

>> In that case, I would suggest that you please take a look at this

>> StackOverFlow post and see if that helps

>>

>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17547473/how-to-open-a-new-tab-using-selenium-webdriver-with-java

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

>>

The solution is in java, but you should be able to translate it to

>> Python as well..

>>

>>

>> Thanks & Regards Krishnan Mahadevan

>>

>

> Krishnan,

>

> Thanks for the link, that should help. Sorry for the delay in

> getting back to you.  A update totally messed up my video and I just

> got up and running again.

>

> Regards,  Jim

 

Krishnan,

 

A little below the java code was a Python version, but I could not get

it to work. Even further down was a javascript one liner that did work

until I tried to use it with a firefox profile I created for use with

Selenium. I have included some test code, does anyone see a way to make

it work.

 

#test_sel.py

 

from selenium import webdriver

 

'''

# This block doesn't work using a custom profile when running Selenium

fp =

webdriver.FirefoxProfile('/home/jfb/.mozilla/firefox/f8i6e3pi.Selenium')

fp.set_preference('browser.link.open_newwindow', 3)

driver = webdriver.Firefox(fp)

'''

# this block works. Opens a new browser window and then opens tabs in it

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

 

driver.get('http://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us')

# opens a new tab

driver.execute_script("window.open('http://stackoverflow.com/','_blank');");

 

Regards,  Jim

 

>>

>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jim Byrnes

>> <jf_b...@comcast.net> wrote:

>>

>>> On 11/05/2016 09:16 PM, Krishnan Mahadevan wrote:

>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Opening a new page in a new tab vs new window is a behavior of

>>>> the browser and NOT that of an application. So i would be

>>>> curious to know as to why is "Open in a new window"NOT  good

>>>> enough here ?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> How is open in a new tab different from open in a new window

>>>> in terms of the application functionality?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Thanks & Regards

>>>>

>>>> Krishnan Mahadevan

>>>>

>>>

>>> Because I am not using Selenium for testing. I want to use it to

>>> automate some log ons, form filling, etc.  I wanted to use it

>>> with an existing instance of Firefox but learned here that it is

>>> not possible. I am used to working with tabs not multiple open

>>> windows. So I thought if I could use FirefoxProfile to open one

>>> window with multiple tabs that would be ok. I had been using

>>> iMacros for this but for some reason a couple of weeks ago it

>>> stopped working. An update or something must have messed it up.

>>> At that point I discovered Selenium and the fact that it had

>>> Python bindings seemed ideal.

>>>

>>> Thanks,  Jim

>>>

>>>

>

 

 

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