webdriverjs_anotator

1.0.2 • Public • Published

webdriverjs-annotator

The package annotates elements with webdriverjs during test execution. Use the package in you framework in a driver.findElements() function wrapper.

No third party libraries are loaded to display the message as it should not interfere with the sites behaviour. The message is a simple div tag with inline styles.

Quickstart Guide

install

npm install webdriverjs-annotator --save-dev

use the package

import {Annotator} from "webdriverjs-annotator"
// Please dont use the promise manager of webdriverjs!
promise.USE_PROMISE_MANAGER = false;

const driver = await new Builder()
    .usingServer("http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub")
    .forBrowser('chrome').build();

await driver.get("https://www.google.com");

// define the element locator for the element you want to interact with
// extract the locator to a page object
const locator = By.css(`[name='q']`);

// display the message (see screenshot)
await Annotator.displayTestMessage(driver, `Trying to find element ${locator.toString()}`);

const element = driver.findElement(locator);

// hide the message when the element is found
// if the element cant be found, the message is still displayed
// and you can create a screenshot of your browser and reading what you did when 
// the error occurred
await Annotator.hideTestMessage(driver);

// after removing the message the element is highlighted 
// see screenshot
await Annotator.highlight(driver, element);
// the elements highlight is removed when the next element is highlighted


await element.sendKeys("selenium annotation elements");

await driver.quit();

message when trying to find an element

message_display

highlight an element when trying to interact with it

message_display

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