Whether you use or don't use the block should be independent of whether you want to close the window.
b.window(title: /foo/).use do do_things end is the exact same thing as b.window(title: /foo/).use do_things b.original_window.use I avoid doing things by block whenever possible, and this extra line of code is more than worth the tradeoff when it comes to debugging problems. Note that neither of them will close the window unless `b.window.close` is explicitly called. On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:41:47 AM UTC-7, rajagopalan madasami wrote: > > If you block while you are switching to the new window then it has to > close while we are coming out of the block. > > If we don't want close, then we should not be using the block. > > Yes? Or is it not a good idea? > > On Wed 8 Aug, 2018, 12:09 AM Titus Fortner, <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm lost on what your question is. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:30:00 AM UTC-7, rajagopalan madasami >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi sorry once again, please read this. >>> >>> >>> If I want to switch the window again I should not using block. I need to >>> use the way you are using without block >>> >>> On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 11:54 PM Titus Fortner, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> What are you asking? The block should not close the window >>>> automatically, what if you want to switch to it again? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:17:45 AM UTC-7, rajagopalan madasami >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>Ah, this got lost in the business that is Watir General this week<< >>>>> >>>>> I didn't understand this line. >>>>> >>>>> I know it switched back but the window which has switched left for no >>>>> reason ? When it comes to block it obviously has to close the window >>>>> which >>>>> has been opened and switched. If you are not using block then there is no >>>>> need and that's what intented because user wants to take control of when >>>>> to >>>>> close but when using the block he is obviously expecting the switched >>>>> window to be closed when he returns back, otherwise it's opened for what? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 11:41 PM Titus Fortner, <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ah, this got lost in the business that is Watir General this week >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are using the block it will automatically switch back to the >>>>>> original window for you. >>>>>> I don't like using blocks for things like this, so I explicitly >>>>>> switch back using `#original_window`. >>>>>> >>>>>> Neither approach automatically closes a window, so if it isn't the >>>>>> side effect of another action, you'll need to do that explicitly. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:00:40 AM UTC-7, rajagopalan madasami >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi here you forgot to reply my previous mail. When I use block when >>>>>>> switching to the window , it's automatically needs to close the window, >>>>>>> eh? >>>>>>> Please see my previous mail as well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 8:56 PM Titus Fortner, <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Oh no, I gave the right code: >>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/a/51666596/4072371 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also, original_window is stored for you, you don't need to create >>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> b.select_list(id: 'selWeek').options.each do |option| >>>>>>>> option.select >>>>>>>> b.button(id: 'csbtnSearch').click(:control) >>>>>>>> b.windows.last.use >>>>>>>> p b.element(xpath: >>>>>>>> '//*[@id="form1"]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[1]/a').text >>>>>>>> b.window.close >>>>>>>> b.original_window.use >>>>>>>> end >>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 8:20 AM Titus Fortner <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Gah, I mixed in Selenium code. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > In Selenium `driver.close` closes the window, and `driver.quit` >>>>>>>> ends >>>>>>>> > the session. >>>>>>>> > In Watir it needs to be `b.window.close` >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Let me find the SO entry to fix it. >>>>>>>> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 4:05 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > Hi Titus, >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > We have recently had the talk in Stackoverflow, where you have >>>>>>>> suggested me this code >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > I tried using your code but when I reach b.close, it's closing >>>>>>>> the browser totally not the tab which has opened recently so I >>>>>>>> couldn't >>>>>>>> connect to the original window. >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > Please execute this code >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > >> require 'watir' >>>>>>>> > >> driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome >>>>>>>> > >> b = Watir::Browser.new driver >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> b.goto ' >>>>>>>> https://services.wiltshire.gov.uk/PlanningGIS/LLPG/WeeklyList' >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> b.select_list(id: 'selWeek').options.each do |option| >>>>>>>> > >> option.select >>>>>>>> > >> b.button(id: 'csbtnSearch').click(:control) >>>>>>>> > >> original = b.original_window >>>>>>>> > >> b.windows.last.use >>>>>>>> > >> p b.element(xpath: >>>>>>>> '//*[@id="form1"]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[1]/a').text >>>>>>>> > >> b.close >>>>>>>> > >> b.original_window = original >>>>>>>> > >> end >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > browser b.close is closing the browser not the newly opened tab >>>>>>>> so I couldn't connect to the original window and this throws the >>>>>>>> error. Is >>>>>>>> it a bug? >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > -- >>>>>>>> > > -- >>>>>>>> > > Before posting, please read >>>>>>>> https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> > > In short: search before you ask, be nice. >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > [email protected] >>>>>>>> > > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >>>>>>>> > > [email protected] >>>>>>>> > > --- >>>>>>>> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>> Google Groups "Watir General" group. >>>>>>>> > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>>> it, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Before posting, please read >>>>>>>> https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In short: search before you ask, be nice. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "Watir General" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Before posting, please read >>>>>> https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In short: search before you ask, be nice. >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Watir General" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Before posting, please read >>>> https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. >>>> >>>> >>>> In short: search before you ask, be nice. >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >>>> [email protected] >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Watir General" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> -- >> Before posting, please read >> https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. >> >> >> In short: search before you ask, be nice. >> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Watir General" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- -- Before posting, please read https://github.com/watir/watir_meta/wiki/Guidelines-for-Posting-to-Watir-General-Google-Group. 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