Firewatir Compatibility

Compatibility issues with Internet Explorer and Firefox

Issue Watir::IE FireWatir::Firefox Workaround? Workaround JIRA
The attach method is called differently. Class method. IE.attach(:title, 'foo') Instance method. ff = FF.new; ff.attach(:title, 'foo')    
Missing class methods IE.each, IE.find none      
I had problems with the set method when trying to set text fields on a search page. There was a div that would dynamically pop up on the right side of the page as soon as text entry started and only the first character got entered.     I just called the method twice twice to get past that..  
Watir has no pageload timeout and Firewatir has a pageload timeout. Would like to see a timeout method to set the timeout in both Watir and FireWatir     Override the Watir's wait method to include a timeout(default to 30 seconds)WTR-46 WTR-46 WTR-192
Watir attach method waits for the page in the window to be loaded before the attach method returns. Firewatir attachs to a window before the whole page is loaded.     Override the firewatir's attach method to include a wait WTR-257 WTR-257
Options Specified with IE.set_options. Affects both Browser.new and Browser.start. Allows options: :speed and :visible Specified as arguments to Browser.new. Allows options: :waitTime and :profile. Options don't affect Browser.start      
Chinese Support Supports Chinese input (multibyte). Does not support Chinese. Problem seems to stem with limits of JSSH. no    
Table Body ie.table().body not supported      
WatirLogger included not included   Create your own subclass of Logger instead of using WatirLogger. Or use Log4R.  
click_no_wait ie.button().click_no_wait (intermittent reports of problems) not available   
 def click_no_wait(object_name)
    $jssh_socket.send("browser.contentWindow.setTimeout(function()
{document.forms[0].#{object_name}.click()},0);\n", 0)
    self.read_socket()
end
 
Closing all windows and quitting the browser app. This is an issue for the mac, because on that platform you can close all windows without closing the app itself. IE.close_all none (but SafariWatir has browser.quit)   I think someone posted code somewhere, maybe in Jira  

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Comments (4)

 

  1. Sep 20, 2008

    Alister Scott says:

    Formatted this page to encourage specifying workarounds and also JIRA issue IDs

    Formatted this page to encourage specifying workarounds and also JIRA issue IDs

  2. Nov 03, 2008

    Alister Scott says:

    Done. Only unresolved now showing. Did you want to include only bugs, like prese...

    Done. Only unresolved now showing. Did you want to include only bugs, like present, or would you like enhancements as well?

  3. Nov 12, 2008

    Bret Pettichord says:

    Alister, Thanks. Not sure about including enhancements. If we have items relevan...

    Alister, Thanks. Not sure about including enhancements. If we have items relevant to this page in enhancements, then we should include them as well.

  4. Jun 15, 2009

    Devin Smith says:

    The http://j2ee.jira.seleniumhq.org:8080 for WTR bugs seems to be down.  Ca...

    The http://j2ee.jira.seleniumhq.org:8080 for WTR bugs seems to be down.  Can I switch it over to http://jira.openqa.org/browse ?