How you can refresh a page in Watir-Webdrive?

Question

How can I refresh a page using watir-webdrive? I tried what they are saying here: http://watirwebdriver.com/sending-special-keys/ , but no luck.

browser.send_keys :f5

Any other suggestions? Thanks

Principate

Answer 1

You can do:

browser.refresh

See docs.

Pelton

i tried , still get the error: [remote server] file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/webdriver-profile201208 31-5896-8q5ft0/extensions/[email protected]/components/command_processor.j s:10198:in unknown': Modal dialog present (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::Unhandle dAlertError) from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.1/lib/watir -webdriver/browser.rb:110:in refresh' – Principate

The error message is claiming a modal dialog is present. Is there a modal dialog present? If so, you have to close it first. If you manually went to a page with a modal dialog, I do not believe you can refresh the page without closing the dialog first. – Pelton

I kill it with this: def callPopupKillerFF $pid = Process.create(:app_name => 'ruby clickPopupsFF.rb', :creation_flags => Process::DETACHED_PROCESS).process_id end – Principate

I have never used that method for closing popups, so not really sure how it works. Do you have a test page that you are having problems refreshing? – Pelton

I need refreshing, because when I add something to my cart, the new item isn't automatically put it (refreshed) in my cart. So i need to refresh the page somehow to check if the new item exists in my cart. – Principate

That is fine. As an alternative, you could get the browser's url and navigate there again. Beyond that, unless you can provide a page that reproduces the problem, I do not know how else to help. Sorry. – Pelton

I'm glad that this URL isn't dynamic .So i will use your suggestion and ... If you don't mind, can you tell me what you are using to kill javascript pop-up windows? – Principate

Take a look at this page for handling popups watirwebdriver.com/javascript-dialogs. – Pelton