I'm trying to implement the following test scenario:
- perform a click on a logo on the page
- assert there is a new browser window opened (tab in Chrome) and check the current URL
The problem is that the page opened in a new browser window is a non-angular page while the main page I'm performing the click in is an angular page.
Here is my first attempt:
it("should show logo", function () {
var logo = scope.page.logo;
expect(logo.isDisplayed()).toEqual(true);
// opens a new page on click
logo.click().then(function () {
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
browser.switchTo().window(handles[1]).then(function () {
expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('http://myurl.com/');
});
// switch back to the main window
browser.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
});
});
});
which fails with:
Error: Error while waiting for Protractor to sync with the page: "angular could not be found on the window"
which is understandable.
My second attempt was to play around with ignoreSynchronization
boolean flag:
browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
logo.click().then(function () {
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
browser.switchTo().window(handles[1]).then(function () {
expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('http://myurl.com/');
});
// switch back to the main window
browser.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
});
This actually makes this particular test pass without any errors, but it affects every test executed after this one, because browser
is a global object and is shared between tests - protractor no longer syncs with angular on a page which results into all sorts of errors.
How should I implement the test?
As a workaround, I can change the restartBrowserBetweenTests
setting to true
and change ignoreSynchronization
value without any problems - but it slows down the tests dramatically.