How to handle Window Based Pop Ups in Selenium Webdriver

At times while automating, we get some scenarios, where we need to handle pop ups generated by windows like a print pop up or a browsing window while uploading a file.

Handling these pop-ups have always been a little tricky as we know Selenium is an automation testing tool which supports only web application testing, that means, it doesn’t support windows based applications and window alert is one of them. However Selenium alone can’t help the situation but along with some third party intervention, this problem can be overcome.

There are several third party tools available for handling window based pop-ups along with the selenium.

So now let’s handle a window based pop up using Robot class.

Robot class is a java based utility which emulates the keyboard and mouse actions.

Before moving ahead, let us take a moment to have a look at the application under test (AUT).

Explanation of Application under Test

As an application under test, we would be using “gmail.com”. I believe the application doesn’t require any more introductions.

Scenario to be automated

Launch the web browser and open the application – “gmail.com”

Enter valid username and password

Click on the sign in button

Click on the a compose button

Click on the attach icon

Select the files to be uploaded with the window based pop up.

WebDriver Code using Robot Class

Please take a note that for script creation, we would be using “Learning_Selenium” project created in the former tutorial.

Step 1: Create a new java class named as “DemoWindowAlert” under the “Learning_Selenium” project.

Step 2: Copy and paste the below code in the “DemoWindowAlert.java” class.

Below is the test script that is equivalent to the above mentioned scenario.

import java.awt.Robot;</pre>

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import org.junit.After;

import org.junit.Before;

import org.junit.Test;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class DemoWindowAlert {

WebDriver driver;

@Before

public void setUp()

{

driver=new FirefoxDriver();

driver.get("https://gmail.com");

driver.manage().window().maximize();

}

@Test

public void testWindowAlert() throws Exception{

// enter a valid email address

driver.findElement(By.id("Email")).sendKeys("xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com");

// enter a valid password

driver.findElement(By.id("Passwd")).sendKeys("xxxxxxxxx");

// click on sign in button

driver.findElement(By.id("signIn")).click();

Thread.sleep(30000);

// click on compose button

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='z0']//div[contains(text(),'COMPOSE')]")).click();

// click on attach files icon

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@command,'Files')]//div[contains(@class,'aaA')]")).click();

// creating instance of Robot class (A java based utility)

Robot rb =new Robot();

// pressing keys with the help of keyPress and keyRelease events

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_D);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_D);

Thread.sleep(2000);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH);

Thread.sleep(2000);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_P);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_P);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_I);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_I);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_C);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_C);

Thread.sleep(2000);

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

Thread.sleep(2000);

}

@After

public void tearDown()

{

driver.quit();

}

}

Import Statements

import java.awt.Robot – Import this package prior to the script creation The package references to the Robot class in java which is required simulate keyboard and mouse events.

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent – The package allows the user to use keyPress and keyRelease events of keyboard.

Object Creation for Robot class

Robot rb =new Robot();

We create a reference variable for Robot class and instantiate it.

KeyPress and KeyRelease Events

rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_D);

rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_D);

The keyPress and keyRelease methods simulate the user pressing and releasing a certain key on the keyboard respectively.