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Test56
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14 years ago

Replacing sourceIndex in firefox and Chrome

Hello, We have a script working for support of the IE browser html objects. Now after TC 9.0, since you guys are extending support for firefox and chrome browser, we would also like to make use...
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ArtemS
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14 years ago

Hi Rajat,

Unfortunately, there is no exact analogue for the sourceIndex property in Firefox and Chrome. Moreover, according to quirksmode.org, this property works incorrectly even in IE9.

Therefore, to transform your existing IE test to a cross-browser test, you would need to change the logic of the way the objects are identified. The About Web Object Identification and Object Models topic explains how to address web page objects from tests.





Happy automation.