Browser Settings Dialog

Web Browser Profile

Important

Since Rapise 7.3, it is recommended to use Selenium WebDriver-based profiles for all web tests. Web browser profiles are considered outdated and should only be used for legacy tests and backward compatibility.

Use the Browser Settings Dialog to configure Web Browser Profiles. A browser profile specifies:

• the type of browser (IE, Chrome, Firefox),
• browser launch parameters,
• and other profile options.

Rapise uses the currently active browser profile for recording and playback.

Note

You may want to create additional browser profiles if you have several different versions of a web browser on the same machine (e.g., Firefox Latest vs. Firefox ESR, or different versions of Chrome portable) or if you want to run a browser with different command-line options (e.g., Chrome normal, Chrome incognito mode, Chrome with a specific screen size).

The Browser Settings Dialog box displays the list of native (not using Selenium) web browsers that have been configured for use by Rapise. It also lets you create a new browser profile, modify an existing profile, or create a new profile based on an existing one.

How to Open

You can open this dialog box using the main menu (Settings > Browser) or by pressing the ... button in the top-right corner of the Rapise window.

Toolbar Controls

This dialog box has the following toolbar controls:

• Select Profile - This dropdown list allows you to select a different web browser profile to be displayed in the dialog.
• Test - This button tests the connection from Rapise to the specified browser.
• Duplicate - This button creates a new browser profile based on the currently viewed one.
• Create - This button creates a new, empty browser profile that you can edit.
• Rename - This button changes the name of the current browser profile being edited.
• Delete - This button deletes the currently displayed browser profile. There is no undo, so exercise caution!

Profile Options

This section has various settings, each of which is described below:

• Browser Library - The type of browser being used. Currently, this can be:
  • Internet Explorer HTML
  • Chrome HTML
  • Firefox HTML
• Browser Path - The path to the web browser executable (e.g., chrome.exe, iexplore.exe, firefox.exe) on the computer.
• CMD Line Parameters - Any command-line parameters to pass to the web browser (e.g., -extoff for IE safe mode).
• Default Click Mode - Specifies the default 'click mode' for tests using this web browser profile.
  • auto - Tries to locate an element on the screen, moves the mouse over it, and then sends the appropriate DOM 'click' event (the default).
  • event - Sends the DOM click event to the element with no prior mouse movement.
  • click - Simulates an actual click on the element rather than sending a DOM click event.

Local Browser Profiles

Rapise version 6.3+ enables the creation of profiles local to a test. It allows storing profiles together with tests (inside a SpiraTest or Git repository) and eliminates the need to configure profiles manually on each execution host.

To create a local profile, simply click Duplicate for one of the global profiles and select the Local checkbox before clicking OK. Global and local profiles may have the same name; in this case, the local profile is used for execution.

If a test contains local browser profiles, they can be seen in the dropdowns.

Local profiles are stored inside the <Test Root>\Profiles\BrowserProfiles and <Test Root>\Profiles\SeleniumProfiles folders.