Question

What’s the best way to activate Firebug in Firefox when running Selenium 2?

Edit: Ok, I realize “best” is open to interpretation, but the profile-based solution really used to be a pain with selenium 1.0. So any alternative is considered better until proved worse 😉

Answer 1

You can create your profile in code and dynamically add required add-ons. Let’s assume that you saved Firebug XPI into the C:\FF_Profile folder as firebug.xpi (go to Firebug download page, right-click on the “Add To Firefox” and save as C:\FF_Profile\firebug.xpi).

In code:

   final String firebugPath = "C:\\FF_Profile\\firebug.xpi";
   FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();       
   profile.addExtension(new File(firebugPath));
   // Add more if needed
   WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

This is described in WebDriver FAQ