Handling popups and browser dialogs in selenium for firefox

Hi,

Here i have mentioned steps to handling the pop-ups and browser dialogs in selenium for firefox

Suggested settings for your Selenium Profile

1. From “View\Toolbars” tab, uncheck “Bookmarks Toolbar”

2. Right click from toolbar and click “Customize”

3. Remove “Google search” by dragging it to the “Customize Toolbar” window

4. From the “Customize Toolbar” window, click “Use Small Icons” check box then hit “Done”

5. Click “Tools\Options” then set the following:

a. “Main” tab

- set Home Page to “about:blank”

- uncheck “Show the Downloads..” option

b. “Tabs” tab

- Select “a new window” for new pages

- Uncheck all warning options

c. “Content” tab

- uncheck “Block pop-up” windows option

d. “Privacy” tab

- uncheck all “History” options

e. “Security” tab

- uncheck all “Security” options

- click “Settings” and uncheck all warning options

f. “Advanced” tab

- Uncheck “autoscrolling” option from “General” tab

- uncheck “warn me …” and “Ssearch Engines”option from “Update” tab

6. From “Tools\Add-ons” install the following:

- Firebug: allows you to edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript on your application under test

- Selenium IDE: allows you to record, edit, and debug Selenium tests

- ScreenGrab: saves entire webpages as images.

7. From the address bar type “about:config” and add the following by right-click anywhere on the page and selecting “new”

- extensions.update.notifyUser (type=boolean; value=false)

- extensions.newAddons (type=boolean; value=false)