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Diceman
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8 years ago
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How do I easily switch back and forth between two pages?

I am writing tests for a client-facing web application.   There is a chat widget which indicates if it is online or not.   I would like to write a test which logs in as a client and validates that th...
  • Colin_McCrae's avatar
    Colin_McCrae
    8 years ago

    Easiest way is probably to use two different browser.

     

    Do one with IE, one with Chrome. Or whatever.

     

    Are the URL's in use different? If they are, you can easily open two instances of the same browser and simply use the URL to tell them apart. I do this all the time. Commonly have 4 or 5 instances of Chrome open. Each with a different URL. Switch between them is simple.

     

    If the URL's are the same, it can still be done, but in this case, it would be a lot simpler just to use two different browsers.

     

    Also, if they are logging into the same site effectively, and thus there is the potential for cookies to clash, I would definitely go for two different browsers.

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Colin_McCrae
Community Hero
8 years ago

Easiest way is probably to use two different browser.

 

Do one with IE, one with Chrome. Or whatever.

 

Are the URL's in use different? If they are, you can easily open two instances of the same browser and simply use the URL to tell them apart. I do this all the time. Commonly have 4 or 5 instances of Chrome open. Each with a different URL. Switch between them is simple.

 

If the URL's are the same, it can still be done, but in this case, it would be a lot simpler just to use two different browsers.

 

Also, if they are logging into the same site effectively, and thus there is the potential for cookies to clash, I would definitely go for two different browsers.

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    Diceman
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    That's a good thought on the cookie collision.

     

    I was going to use the inprivate mode to perform my testing, as a way of keeping one browsing session from impacting the other browsing session.   What do you think of this as an approach in general?

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      Colin_McCrae
      Community Hero
      8 years ago

      If it preserves a cookie per (private) session, I imagine it should be fine. Never actually tried it though.

       

      Different browsers would still be simpler.