Monday, January 17, 2011

Selenium IDE Recording Option

Selenium IDE Recording Option

Many firts-time users begin by recording a test case from their interactions with a website. When Selenium-IDE is first opened, the record button is ON by default.

Figure: Selenium "Record" button
 This can be set to OFF as a default with an avilable user extension.

To set OFF follow the below steps.
  1. In Selenium IDE, click on "Options" menu
  2. Select "Options..."
  3. In "General" of "Selenium IDE Options" window, un-check "Start recording immediately on open" check-box
  4. Click on "OK" button.
  5. Close the "Selenium IDE"
  6. Re-start the Firefox
When you open "Selenium-IDE" the record button will be OFF.