Modal Dialogs

Modal Dialogs

Background Information

These are only supported by Internet explorer, so tend not to appear all that often. They contain html, but need to be accessed in a certain way.

The following html code would open google in a modal dialog.

window.showModalDialog('www.google.com')

The following dialog was created using the script on http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536759.aspx

Note the title of the window - Web Page Dialog - this is a way of determining if you are dealing with a modal dialog or a regular browser window. With a modal dialog, you wont be able to give focus to your main browser window.

Using Watir to Control Modal Dialogs

There is a specific class to handle modal dialogs, called modal_dialog. An example script is below:

require "rubygems"
require "watir"
b = Watir::Browser.new()
b.goto("http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/showModalDialog2.htm")
b.button(:value,"Push To Create").click_no_wait
puts b.modal_dialog(:title, "showModalDialog Method Sample Target Page").exists?
puts b.modal_dialog(:title, "showModalDialog Method Sample Target Page").title
b.modal_dialog(:title, "showModalDialog Method Sample Target Page").close

Please note: The click_no_wait method does not currently work using Ruby 1.8.6.27, so use 1.8.6.26 instead (see http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-320).
Also, if using Internet Explorer 8, you will need to make changes to the modal_dialog.rb file in your gems directory, see: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-414.

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Comments (1)

 

  1. Feb 10

    Raveendran says:

    Hi, If the Modal Dialog window has some code looks like CODE Side: <html...

    Hi,

    If the Modal Dialog window has some code looks like

    CODE Side:

    <html><head>

    <script>    SOME ACTIONS       </script>

    </head></html>

    View Side :

    It has lot of tree related links(Not pure a href link. Also i couldn't able to view the source for that texts and links)

    My Question is

    1. Can I able to access the links within the Modal dialog box ?

    If yes, then please guide me

    If no, Please add this point in wiki and mention the details

    Awaiting your reply,

    Thanks