Selenium WebDriver Browser Commands

Browser Commands :

Given are some of the most used browser commands.

We already discussed the command for opening browsers (like chrome, firefox, IE, safari) in previous topic i.e. `Launching Browsers In Selenium`

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

This command is use for maximizing the browser window. Here manage is the method of webdriver which returns the Options interface, window is the method of options interface which returns the window interface and maximize is the method of window interface.

Point p = new Point(x,y);
driver.manage().window().setPosition(p);

To change the position of browser we need to call the setPosition() method of window interface which accept the point argument(object of Point class).

Note - Here, x - Horizontal Distance, y - Vertical Distance. We can take any valve of x and y as we want. (Ex. (200,500) )

Dimension d = new Dimension(x,y);
driver.manage().window().setSize(d);

To change the size of browser we need to call the setSize() method of window interface which accept the dimensions type argument(object of Dimension class).

Note - Here, x - Horizontal Distance, y - Vertical Distance. We can take any valve of x and y as we want. (Ex. (200,500) )

driver.get("URL");

This method loads a new web page in the existing browser window. It accepts String as parameter and returns void. In above command, instead of "URL" we have to write specific URL that we want to open.

driver.getCurrentUrl(); 

This method fetches the string representing the Current URL of the current web page. It accepts nothing as parameter and returns a String value.

driver.getTitle(); 

This method fetches the title of the current web page. It accepts no parameter and returns a String.

driver.getPageSource(); 

This method returns the source code of the current web page loaded on the current browser. It accepts nothing as parameter and returns a String value.

driver.close();

This method terminates the current browser window operating by WebDriver at the current time. If the current window is the only window operating by WebDriver, it terminates the browser as well. This method accepts nothing as parameter and returns void.

driver.quit();  

This method terminates all windows operating by WebDriver. It terminates all tabs as well as the browser itself. It accepts nothing as parameter and returns void.