How to set TESTAR with Webdriver protocol

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Usage of TESTAR WebDriver

The webdriver version of TESTAR is developed to better handle web applications. For various reasons, the desktop version doesn't recognize the non-native widgets available in websites. TESTAR webdriver tries to remedy this by looking at the DOM and adding a (JS) web extension to the browser. An additional advantage is the fact that it is safe to run the webdriver version 'natively', i.e. it is not necessary to run TESTAR webdriver in a VM.

The webdriver version of TESTAR is tested on 3 mayor platforms : Windows 10, OS X and Linux. It has been tested with Chrome/Chromium, Firefox and Edge (Windows). That said, using Chrome seems to be the most performant option.

Advanced configuration for webdriver protocol

SUT web domain



SUT clickable elements

While the webdriver tries to find all clickable elements on the page via the onclick attribute or eventlistener, this is not sufficient for certain web frameworks that use global eventlisteners. Global eventListeners use class attributes to determine the required actions when the element is clicked. The protocol allows the tester to add these attributes to clickableClasses.


Web denied extensions



Web login



Web policy popups




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