Browser Navigation Commands Selenium WebDriver

To Command

driver.navigate().to("https://in.yahoo.com/");

Purpose : This command is use to navigate on specific page or URL in between the  test Command : driver.navigate().to(URL); Parameters : url – The URL to load. It is best to use a fully qualified URL

Forward Command

driver.navigate().forward();

Purpose : This command is use to go on to next page like browser’s forward button.

Back Command

driver.navigate().back();

Purpose : This command is use to go back to previous page like browser’s back button.

Refresh Command

driver.navigate().refresh();

Purpose : This command is use to refresh the current page.

Practice Yourself

package dayOne;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class NavigationCommands {

private static WebDriver driver = null;

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create a new instance of the Firefox driver

driver = new FirefoxDriver();

// Open ToolsQA website

driver.get("http://www.bbc.com/");

// Put an Implicit wait on driver

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

// Click on About link

        driver.findElement(By.linkText("Earth")).click();

// Go back to Home Page

driver.navigate().back();

// Go forward to About page

        driver.navigate().forward();

         // Go back to Home page

        driver.navigate().to("http://www.bbc.com/");

  // Refresh browser

  driver.navigate().refresh();

  // Close browser

  driver.close();

}

}