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halovski
Contributor
2 years ago

Testcomplete doesn't recognize browser objects, but recognizes non-browser objects.

    When I use the spy tool TestComplete can only recognize the whole browser page, I tried on chrome, edge and mozilla. However when I switch to a virtual machine it works properly and ...
Object Recognition
web testing
  • jkrolczy's avatar
    jkrolczy
    2 years ago

    Are your browser versions the same on your laptop and virtual machine?

    The latest Chrome, Edge browsers have been causing issues for the ObjectSpy.

    Be careful here in case you do have older browser version son your VM versus a newer version on your laptop.  Checking the About in the browser auto updates and I do not want you to lose your VM working browsers.

eykxas's avatar
eykxas
Regular Contributor
2 years ago
halovski wrote:

but a few seconds later it vanishes down to just this

 

Okay, this, is the real issue. There is some behavior in your app or in TC that cause objects to disappear.

In chrome, open the dev console, then in the Network tab > throttling, choose this preset :

 

If the objects take more time to disappear, then your issue is in your app. If not, so it's related to TC.

  • dhundley's avatar
    dhundley
    Regular Contributor
    2 years ago

    after setting the network preset to  Slow 3G i'm not even seeing the Page entry under the chrome browser at all