How to switch tabs and have Fitnesse load correct DOM?

Hey Reid, I am running into the same issue. I have seen people suggesting to use Java to create a custom class/method to switch to the new tab but I am having issues getting it to run.

Did you by any chance find a solution to this?

What kind of issues are you experiencing? Maybe we can help if you facilitate more info about them

Hey David. Thanks for the reply.

So I created a java class using selenium, exported it as JAR and saved it in "/lib" folder along with the other JAR files. I tried calling it into the FitNesse script using the following syntax, where "appianTest" is the package name, "openSite" is the class name and "getSite" is the method name.

!|script                                                |
|appianTest.openSite|getSite|with|https://www.google.com|

package appianTest;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class openSite {
	
	public void getSite(String URL) {

		WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

		driver.get(URL);
	
}
}

Do you have more information about the error? Did you check if there is more info in logs?

Not really, when I look at the execution log I see these Warnings, but none of them are related to the "Could not find class appianTest". I have other test cases that are running successfully but give the same warning.

Standard Output:

WARNING: A terminally deprecated method in java.lang.System has been called
WARNING: System::setSecurityManager has been called by fitnesse.slim.instructions.SystemExitSecurityManager (file:/C:/fitnesse-for-appian-23.4.1/lib/fitnesse-20230503-standalone.jar)
WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of fitnesse.slim.instructions.SystemExitSecurityManager
WARNING: System::setSecurityManager will be removed in a future release

Standard Error:

ERROR StatusLogger Reconfiguration failed: No configuration found for '73d16e93' at 'null' in 'null'

Mar 19, 2024 8:37:45 AM org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpVersionFinder findNearestMatch
WARNING: Unable to find CDP implementation matching 122

Mar 19, 2024 8:37:46 AM org.openqa.selenium.chromium.ChromiumDriver lambda$new$5
WARNING: Unable to find version of CDP to use for 122.0.6261.128. You may need to include a dependency on a specific version of the CDP using something similar to `org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-devtools-v86:4.11.0` where the version ("v86") matches the version of the chromium-based browser you're using and the version number of the artifact is the same as Selenium's.

No, I have not found a solution. Our workaround is to open the tab on login. If a tab is opened by the application, for example, a link or button click, rather than clicking on the link or button, we log out and log in again, specifying the URL of the target tab, or alternatively, we use the open URL instead of the click on a link or button click. 

And did you make a test with the java code directly (without using the script)? does it work?

Yes, there is a slight syntax error in the code I posted, but after fixing it on my local machine I can run the code with no issues. Also, the error I am getting is not related to the working of the java code. Since the error says "Could not find class appianTest", I am assuming it is not even able to detect the java class to run it. 

Oh okay, gotcha. But, just to be clear this URL is static isn't it? If I'm running test cases such as creating of a new candidate and I want to open the candidate details (which opens in a new tab), I will have to specify the URL manually for different candidates right? Or is there any way that you are dynamically inputting the URL based on the link or button click?