Selenium Setup and Usage

Overview

This document explains how to set up OpenQA's Selenium IDE for the Firefox web browser . It also contains a short guide on using it to run a simple test.

Setup

  • 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.