Default browser window size in configuration

[gonzalovilaseca]

It would be great to have a default browser window size that can be defined in configuration, otherwise I have to add an extra step in every Behat scenario of the kind: 'And I set browser window size to "1024" x "768"'

[aik099]

I think you should post to the https://github.com/Behat/MinkExtension instead, since it's MinkExtension that invokes Mink on behalf of Behat.

@stof , repo description says it's extension for Behat 2.4, is that correct? If so, then where MinkExtension for Behat 3.x lives?

[gonzalovilaseca]

Done thxs!

[stof]

Well, the default browser size is not something supported by drivers out there in a general way. And forcing a call to resizeWindow when starting or resetting the driver does not look like a clean implementation IMO.

Looking at the description, I assume you are using Mink inside your Behat suite. In this case, it is very easy to resize at the beginning of scenarios without writing a step explicitly: put the logic in a @BeforeScenario and @BeforeOutlineExample hook.

[stof]

@aik099 the readme talks about Behat 3. The description requires admin access to update it so I was not able to change it. Now I can, but I was not thinking about it anymore when receiving these rights.

[aik099]

I think mentioning any versions in repo description is bad idea, because when releasing new version it's easy to forgot to update it there as well.

[stof]

@aik099 I changed it to 2.4+, which is true

[gonzalovilaseca]

I'm currently doing it in @BeforeScenario, but then every time I create a new context file I have to remember to resize the window, it's an extra step that could be avoided with configuration. The call to resizeWindow should only be done if there is a default size defined, sorry but I don't see why it's not a clean implementation.

[stof]

@BeforeScenario does not require putting anything in the feature file

[aik099]

I don't use Behat, but now I totally understand that scenario name set via @BeforeScenario will prepend it's steps to every executed scenario in suite.

[stof]

@aik099 @BeforeScenario is not adding steps. It is about running code before running the steps (there is other hooks before each steps or before the feature, and so on)

[gonzalovilaseca]

Sorry, I meant context file. Another added step is that I mix both selenium and goutte scenarios in same feature file, so in @BeforeScenario I also have to check if the browser supports resizing, checking this adds a dependency on Selenium Driver, as if I change the javascript_session configuration parameter I should also have to change the context file.

[stof]

@gonzalovilaseca well, if we put this in a config file, we would also have to do the same check. And IMO, this does not belong to the core of MinkExtension. Adding it in a hook is very easy (and it the size itself can be configurable through the config file btw) and I don't think it is common enough (most projects don't care about the size at which the browser runs, as it is the first time this feature is requested)

[gonzalovilaseca]

Ok. I guess you will start to see it more often as more responsive projects are built. The problem I found was that in my browser it worked ok, but mink, having a default 800x600 screen hid the texts and displayed icons. Only through a screenshot I was able to find what was going on.

[aik099]

@gonzalovilaseca how did you solved the case when same scenarios were needed to be run on different browser window sizes?

[gonzalovilaseca]

@aik099 Didn't arrive to that point yet, but it doesn't seem easy

[aik099]

@aik099 Didn't arrive to that point yet, but it doesn't seem easy

If you come up with anything or need help, then I'm right here as any other community member.

[stof]

how did you solved the case when same scenarios were needed to be run on different browser window sizes?

This could be possible when using Behat 3 as you can create several suites using the same scenarios (in this case, we would put the window size as a suite setting, to allow having a different size persuite). In Behat 2, the only thing you can do is use config profiles and launch Behat several times (running all profiles)

[pscheit]

default:
  suites:
    something:
      paths: ...
      mink_javascript_session: selenium1280

 extensions:
    BehatTests\MinkExtension:
      base_url:  'https://set-from-env-look-at-BehatTests\\MinkExtension'

      sessions:
        selenium:
          selenium2:
            browser: chrome
            wd_host: "host.docker.internal:4444/wd/hub"

        selenium1280:
          selenium2:
            browser: chrome
            wd_host: "host.docker.internal:4444/wd/hub"
            capabilities:
              chrome:
                switches: ["--window-size=1280,900"]

[pscheit]

for the newer selenium2driver this does not work anymore - its missing prefs. We need to workaround that part:

in your selenium server you get this error:

from invalid argument: cannot parse capability: goog:chromeOptions
from invalid argument: cannot parse prefs
from invalid argument: must be a dictionary

workaround in behat.yaml

        selenium1280:
          selenium2:
            browser: chrome
            wd_host: "host.docker.internal:4444/wd/hub"
            capabilities:
              chrome:
                switches: ["window-size=1280,900"]
                prefs:
                  intl:

(just create anything under prefs, that would require prefs to be an associative array)