Protractor E2E Testing Error : Object [object Object] has no method 'getWindowHandle'

angularjs, jasmine, javascript, protractor, selenium-webdriver

Solution

Here is what I currently use to navigate through popups/tabs :

// do stuff that will trigger the popup
// ...
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
  // switch to the popup
  browser.switchTo().window(handles[1]);
  // make sure the popup is now focused
  expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('popup/url');
  // do stuff with the popup
  // ...
  // go back to the main window
  browser.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
  // make sure we are back to the main window
  expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('original/url');
});

You just need to make sure that your popup is really a new window and not juste some kind of popover ( in which case you can just target it with css selectors ).

Another thing to keep in mind when you change tabs/popups it that the target page might not have angularjs loaded in it, which will render protractor useles. If you face this case you can simply use `browser.driver` as a replacement for `browser` to navigate a non angular page.

Hope this helps.

Problem

I am trying to check the pop up for facebook login opening on click of button . ``` Error : Object [object Object] has no method 'getWindowHandle'. ``` Code Snippet generating error : ``` describe('Tests', function() { var ptor; var handlePromise; var util = require('util'); beforeEach(function() { ptor = protractor.getInstance(); handlePromise = ptor.getAllWindowHandles(); var handlesDone = false; ptor.get('/SiteB_Upgrade_Device/app/index.html#/Recommendations#page'); ptor.findElement(by.id('fb')).click(); ptor.ignoreSynchronization = true; }); describe('login', function() { return it('should switch to popUp\'s handle', function() { handlePromise.then(function(handles) { var popUpHandle = handles[0]; var handle = browser.driver.switchTo().window(popUpHandle).getWindowHandle(); expect(handle).toEqual(popUpHandle); }); },30000); }); }); ```

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