JQuery alerts are not recognized with WebDriver.

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 1528

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.WebDriver is unable to identify JQuery Alerts. And not performing user actions on
JQuery alerts.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected: WebDriver will identify the JQuery Alert, and perform the Button Action based
on the user choice.
Actual: JQuery alerts are not identifying with current WebDriver.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using selenium-server-standalone-2.0b2.jar


Please provide any additional information below.
My code is working fine with JavaScript alerts but the same code is not working with
JQuery alerts; See the below code for more info:
//-------------------------------------
Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        // Get the text of the alert or prompt
        //System.out.println("---"+alert.getText());

        String msgTxt = alert.getText();

        if(!msgTxt.contentEquals("false")){
            alert.accept();
        }

//-------------------------------------

Reported by karun.c.reddy on 2011-04-08 12:25:32

[lukeis]

can you give us a test case since jQuery Alerts are normal JavaScript alerts so should
just work.

Reported by theautomatedtester on 2011-04-10 06:37:04

• Status changed: NeedsClarification

[lukeis]

Thanks for your response. You can try identifying the alerts in below specified site.
Please let me know if you find the solution for the same.
http://labs.abeautifulsite.net/projects/js/jquery/alerts/demo/

Click on each button you will get an alert message.

I tried to identify using the code provided, but I don't have luck.

Thanks,
-Karun.

Reported by karun.c.reddy on 2011-04-11 05:19:35

[lukeis]

The Alert API is for modal dialogs (e.g. window.alert("HI")).

The page you linked to is creating alerts on the DOM.  You should be able to interact
with those like any other element.  Here's a simple junit test case demonstrating how
you could do this:

public void testJQueryAlertHandling() {
  driver.get("http://labs.abeautifulsite.net/projects/js/jquery/alerts/demo/");

  WebElement alert = driver.findElement(By.id("alert_button"));
  alert.click();

  WebElement popup = driver.findElement(By.id("popup_container"));
  WebElement message = popup.findElement(By.id("popup_message"));
  assertEquals("This is a custom alert box", message.getText());
  popup.findElement(By.id("popup_ok")).click();

  try {
    driver.findElement(By.id("popup_container"));
    fail("Should have been removed from the DOM!");
  } catch (NoSuchElementException expected) {
  }
}

Disclaimer: I have not run the test above; I just put it together based on observations
on the page you linked to.

Reported by jmleyba on 2011-05-12 18:36:00

• Status changed: Invalid

[lukeis]

Thank you very much!! It really works for me. Thanks again for your solution for my
issue.

-Karun.

Reported by karun.c.reddy on 2011-05-13 09:21:24

[lukeis]

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 18:12:38

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