Post on 26-Jun-2015
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“Why Does Selenium Not Work With My Alert?
Alan Richardson
www.SeleniumSimplified.com
Why Can’t Selenium Handle the Alert in my Application?
The Answer:
Because it is not an alert
If you can “Inspect Element” on it, then it is not an alert
These Are Alerts:
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_popup.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_alert
http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_confirm
These are not Alerts
http://jquerytools.org/demos/overlay/modal-dialog.html http://tympanus.net/Development/ModalWindowEffects/ http://www.zkoss.org/zkdemo/window/modal_dialog
More Info
YouTube Video on this topic● http://youtu.be/hiN6ugscUco
Blog Post● http://seleniumsimplified.com/?p=666
http://seleniumsimplified.com/2013/10/02/faq-why-does-selenium-not-work-with-this-alert/
Alan Richardson uk.linkedin.com/in/eviltester
Independent Test Consultant based in the UK. He offers training and consultancy in Selenium WebDriver, Exploratory and Technical web testing.
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