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SeleniumIDE Issue - js alert() is not detected by IDE

These steps will reproduce the problem:

  1. Open http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_alert2
  2. Click on the "try it" button
  3. The clicking of OK on alert is not captured by IDE
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Hi user1579906. A comment was left in the other question where you asked this explaining that this would happen with Selenium IDE and Javascript Alerts. Is this different? –  Lyndon Vrooman Aug 13 '13 at 14:24
Wanted a workaround or solution to this issue –  user1579906 Aug 13 '13 at 15:35
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The problem is that this button and alert is generate in an iFrame. Selenium handles iFrame as a sort of window, you first need to select it to interact with it.

Try these steps to verify it does indeed work:


Result is an message in the IDE console: [error] Error: There was an unexpected Alert! [Hello How are you?]

Also read this about handling javascript alerts with the Selenium IDE: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14788118/selenium-ide-how-to-handle-java-script-alerts-and-confirmations

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