[BUG] Use different browser with recorder in vscode

[morganBlanloeil]

Context:

• Playwright Version: 1.36
• Operating System: Linux or Windows
• Node.js version: 16.18.1
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.80.0
• Playwright for VSCode extension version: 1.0.14
• Browser: All

Code Snippet
` /* Configure projects for major browsers */
projects: [

{
  name: 'firefox',
  use: { ...devices['Desktop Firefox'] },
},
{
  name: 'chromium',
  use: { 
    ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
  }
}`

Describe the bug

When I run "Record New" from intergration playwright to vscode, vscode run always chromium despite of choose default profile as firefox. How to force vscode to use firefox instead of chrome ?

[mxschmitt]

To use a different browser, aka. the browser which you last time ran your tests with do the following:

1. Make sure "Show browser" is checked.
2. Change the default profile in VSCode if you want to use a different browser:
   
3. Run some test
4. Click on Record New

Then the browser from the last test run with its configuration gets used. Would that work for you?

[morganBlanloeil]

Thanks for your quick answer, but this solution don't working for me, vscode run always chromium

[aslushnikov]

@morganBlanloeil could you please record & show us video, that demonstrates your playwright.config.ts, your default profile, and how you run code generation?

[morganBlanloeil]

Sure,

My playwright config :

`import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';

export default defineConfig({
testDir: './tests',
reporter: 'html',
use: {
headless: false,
trace: 'on-first-retry',
},

/* Configure projects for major browsers */
projects: [

{
  name: 'firefox',
  use: { ...devices['Desktop Firefox'] },
},
{
  name: 'chromium',
  use: {
    ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
  }
}

],
});
`

And record attached
record_playwright

[mxschmitt]

The issue is that you need to have "Show browser" checked, then the browser stays open and it will work:

[morganBlanloeil]

Ok thanks it's work .
You know il an issue is planned for launch the correct browser without run test before ?

[aslushnikov]

@morganBlanloeil out of curiosity, why do you need specifically Firefox when recording?

[morganBlanloeil]

I need to use firefox with my local environment, because,even if chrome is running in privacy mode, it use WIA (Integrated Windows Authentication) and we use another user for our tests. So we use firefox to bypass this. If you have another solution, i take it :)

[aslushnikov]

I see, thank you for sharing. I'll close this then given that workaround works for you!

[SD1982]

Hello @aslushnikov
I have the same issue than @morganBlanloeil with the same configuration even with the "show browser" option checked
here is the recording

output_video.mp4

[mxschmitt]

@SD1982 looks like this is about #26777 - you need to execute a test with your preferred configuration first until we have fixed the issue.

[SD1982]

It worked with this 👍
i will use it like this for now and I will follow #26777 to know when it's fixed 👍
Thanks @mxschmitt