`Watir::Browser.new :chrome` will let you use :chrome_options
It is only if you are using `Watir::Browser.new :remote` that
:chrome_options isn't translating right now. :-/
On Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 10:48:43 AM UTC-6, Lucas Tierney wrote:
>
> Hi gary, can you try this instead:
>
> caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome(chromeOptions:
> {detach: true})
>
> On Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 3:15:05 AM UTC-6, gary wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your reply Titus, unfortunately that didn't quite work
>>
>> require 'watir'
>> caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Capabilities.chrome(chrome_options: {detach:
>> true})
>> @b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome, desired_capabilities: caps
>> @b.goto('www.google.co.uk')
>>
>> :in `<main>': uninitialized constant Selenium::WebDriver::Capabilities
>> (NameError)
>>
>> but knowing that it's controlled by the chromedriver has given me an
>> option to run scripts in firefox which doesn't close, thanks again, G
>>
>> On Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:18:31 UTC, Titus Fortner wrote:
>>>
>>> You can pass in a chrome_option for detach: true -
>>> https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities
>>>
>>> caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Capabilities.chrome(chrome_options: {detach:
>>> true})
>>> Watir::Browser.new :chrome, desired_capabilities: caps
>>>
>>> When the code exits it sends the command to kill the chromedriver
>>> process. If with detatch == true it doesn't force all Chrome browsers
>>> opened by that driver to also close. They will of course close if you have
>>> your code set to execute `browser.close`.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:04 AM, 'gary' via Watir General <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi again,
>>>> I'm now running on the latest for everything, with thanks to Titus and
>>>> Alex. Ruby 2.6.8 & watir v6.
>>>> I have noticed that whenever my scripts error the browser now closes
>>>> automajically. This is handy if I'm running multiple scripts over night
>>>> for
>>>> example (even though I had a way to deal with that) but it makes it tricky
>>>> on script creation.
>>>> If I run a script which fails part way through lets say on an object
>>>> which is missing. I would usually be on the correct page so can easily
>>>> identify the missing object, update my script, re run, and carry on. Now
>>>> the browser closes so I then have to navigate to the same page outside of
>>>> my script which can take quite a while, especially when creating new
>>>> scripts.
>>>> Is there a way to allow the script to fail but keep the browser open
>>>> where the script ended?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> G
>>>>
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