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Asked: 2026-05-31T18:32:51+00:00

I have been tasked with testing the contents of several pop-ups throughout our application.

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I have been tasked with testing the contents of several pop-ups throughout our application. All the pop-ups are called using something similar to: 

var win = new Window({ className: "spread", title: "Discussion", 
left: 1, width: 410, height: 300, url: "Discussion.aspx?ID=" + id, 
showEffectOptions: { duration: 0}})

Since I have been unable to access the pages through the pop-ups, I have started to directly navigate to the pages. The problem is that the pages are designed to close after processing within the page is completed. (window.close();)

When testing the pages, since I am directly accessing the page, I get the The webpage you are viewing is trying to close the window. Do you want to close this window? message.

Is there a way using Watir (not Watir-webdriven) to access the message and click Yes or No?

PS – (Using IE8 if that matters. I have attempted to find ways to disable the message, but to no avail)

UPDATE
Using IE Developer Tools, the generalized html structure with a popup looks like:

<html><body>
  <iframe><form>... (Main page here)
  <div class="dialog">
    <div class="spread_close" onclick="Window.close()"/> 
    <table><tr><td><iframe>  (table is not part of the "spread_close" div)
      <html><body><form><div><table><tr><td>
        <textarea name="txtDiscussion" id = "txtDiscussion" >

using browser.div(:class => "spread_close").exists? returns true.

using browser.text_field(:name => "txtDiscussion").exists? returns false. I assume this is because of the dual <html>.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’ve got frames. That’s likely what is blocking access, odds are these are not actually a popup but a ‘lightbox’ div that uses styles and such to look a lot lie a popup or modal dialog.

    Look up the stuff on how to deal with frames on the watir wiki and you should be on your way.

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