Switch to popup windows in cucumber, capybara

Aydar Omurbekov picture Aydar Omurbekov · Sep 24, 2013 · Viewed 11.6k times · Source

In RSpec i can use such code switch to popup window, link, How can i do such thing in Cucumber steps?

login_window = page.driver.find_window('PPA_identity_window')
    main_window = page.driver.find_window('')

    # We use this to execute the next instructions in the popup window
    page.within_window(login_window) do
      #Normally fill in the form and log in
      fill_in 'email', :with => "<your paypal sandbox username>"
      fill_in 'password', :with => "<your paypal sandbox password>"
      click_button 'Log In'
    end

Answer

Andrew picture Andrew · Mar 2, 2016

You can use Capybara in your Cucumber steps to interact with popup windows:

login_window = window_opened_by do
  click_button 'Open Login Window'
end
within_window(login_window) do
  fill_in :email, with: "[email protected]"
  fill_in :password, with: "password"
  click_button 'Log In'
end