If Firefox is not installed, obtain it from here here
.
Visit OpenQA's download site for the Selenium IDE using Firefox and download the latest version from here
. This will launch an in-browser install in Firefox, after the install finishes and the browser is restarted, Selenium is ready to use.
Usage
Download the Selenium test file selenium-test.html
. (You may have to right click and Save Link As...
)
In Firefox go to the Tools
drop down menu at the top of the window and select Selenium IDE
.
In the IDE windows go to File
then Open...selenium-test.html
from the location you downloaded it to.
Make sure the red recording button on the third bar down to the right is not active (it may be by default, simply click it again to disable recording).
You should see three actions listed in a table on the Table
tab, click the green "play" button on the second bar down from the top in the middle.
Firefox should navigate to Google.com and search for "Selenium", if this happens, everything is working properly.