Selenium WebDriver Version 2.49.0 Released

Automation Testing Published on: 01/20/2016

The bad news: Selenium 3 is still not released. The good news is that Selenium WebDriver Version 2.49.0 was just released for all the Selenium language bindings.

Here is some of what's been enhanced/fixed/changed in the latest 2.49.0 versions:

Java

Java

The HTML suite test runner has been fixed
The textContent attribute for IE9 was updated.
A more descriptive error message when the browser may have died message occurs .
IE driver to fix clearing of <input type='number'> fields updated
TestNG updated
Windows 10 enum added.
HtmlUnitDriver supported added for innerHTML and textContent attributes
Resolved IEDriver crashes in WaitUntilElementFocused() because of null pointer.
Made FluentWait javadoc more informative.
Should now be able to send keys to a content editable div that is initially empty
Multiple Buck fixed
El Capitan (OS X 10.11) to Platform added
Treat a null response to getCookies as []
Restore a isNativeEventsEnabled check
Selenium server pass throughs for W3C dialect of alert / window / cookie commands added
Made BrowserLauncherFactory non-static, to avoid global configuration, for better testability and configurability (per object, not globally)
Multiple GridLauncher refactors
Marionette fixed and changes
JsonToBeanConverter tests fixed to avoid “error” key collision that has got new semantics in the standard
Multiple fixes

The .NET PageFactory was updatedto allow frame switching with located elements. Previously, if you located a `<frame>` or `<iframe>` element using the PageFactory attributes, you could not switch to it. This change allows one to use `driver.SwitchTo().Frame(element)` with the element found via the PageFactory
Workaround added for Windows 10 major version number encountered when executing via NUnit 3
Exposed session ID property on RemoteWebDriver. Users can now cast their driver instance to IHasSessionId to access the SessionId property, which returns a SessionId object. To use the SessionId object with external tools, simply call the ToString() method on the instance. Note that relying on the SessionId for anything is probably a Bad Thing, because it introduces a leak in the abstraction of a driver. Please do not use this property; its introduction is the Wrong Approach, but it's being exposed at the insistence of a selection of users.
Adding support for whitelisted-ips argument for Chrome and IE driver executables

Ruby

Ruby

Support added for SessionNotCreatedError.
Safari support for multiple concurrent drivers
PhantomJS Socket locking implemented
IE support for multiple concurrent drivers added
Chrome changes added to prevent 404 error, logging turned on by default and local storage capabilities added
Firefox support for setting the location of the Firefox binary to use when running locally. Also default of Homebrew Cask default directory added
W3C specification supported added for using with Remote Webdriver as well as window size, window position, element size, element postion, full screen window and page source commands implemented

Python

Python

Added Firefox service write to a file instead of PIPE
For Firefox on OSX added fallback to checking the homebrew install if the default isn't found.
Firefox path variable for string placeholder added
Refactoring all the service classes to use a common one.
Firefox specific command added to switch context between Browser content and Browser chrome
Added logic to ensure you can close stream before attempting to close it
Cleanup added to some error handling when sniffing what protocol you are speaking