Question

I have been running tests on a remote XP client for some time now. My tests are written in C# using Selenium’s WebDriver (Version 2.20.0) and the IE Driver (Version 2.20.1.0) with these tests being remotely run on a XP Client managed by Microsoft’s Lab Management.

My issue is that upon creating an IE Browser I am unable to maximise it on the Client through Selenium calls. Instead I am trying manually with the following:

_driver.Manage().Window.Size = new Size(System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width, System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height);

Along with WorkingArea I have also tried Bounds, but to no avail as both increase the window size but do not position it to the center correctly. I assume this is because a VM has no monitor and thus no way of knowing the actual resolution? I want to just call something that will ‘maximise’ the window to the full screen without specifying the size.

Answer 1

Since you are running the tests remotely and you need window to be re sized at client side. I would suggest you do it via JavaScript Injection.

The best thing…it executes on client side, so no worries. In JavaScript I moved the window to (0,0) axis first and then i maximized the window screen to Maximum available (Width, Height).

Here is code…in C#

    IWebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
    driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
    driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");

    IJavaScriptExecutor JSDriver = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;

    JSDriver.ExecuteScript("window.moveTo(0, 0)");
    JSDriver.ExecuteScript("window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);");

I hope this helps…All the best