Switching windows using Watir is timing out-CodePudding

I want to automate work between two browser windows within the same Watir session. However, the code below times out before I'm able to see a new browser tab open.

b = = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
b.goto 'www.google.com'
b.switch_window

/Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/watir-7.1.0/lib/watir/wait.rb:41:in `until': timed out after 30 seconds, waiting for true condition on #<Watir::Browser:0x135ba826800b0080 url="https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl" title="Google"> (Watir::Wait::TimeoutError)
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/watir-7.1.0/lib/watir/wait.rb:110:in `wait_until'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/watir-7.1.0/lib/watir/has_window.rb:63:in `switch_window'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/Code/ilounge_voting/ilounge_voting.rb:68:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:/Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
        from <internal:/Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/lib/irb/init.rb:395:in `block in load_modules'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/lib/irb/init.rb:393:in `each'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/lib/irb/init.rb:393:in `load_modules'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/lib/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/lib/irb.rb:412:in `start'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.4.1/exe/irb:11:in `<top (required)>'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/bin/irb:23:in `load'
        from /Users/andyhuynh/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.0/bin/irb:23:in `<main>'

I'm on Watir version 7.0.0, Ruby 3.0.0p0 and Chrome is Version 103.0.5060.114. My initial thought is it's either my Ruby or Chrome versions. I tried downgrading to different versions and did not amount to anything. I'm out of ideas and any leads are much appreciated. Thanks

CodePudding user response：

When you open b.goto 'www.google.com' control is already in that window so you don't have to switch, you should open another window to make your switch. I have used b.execute_script("window.open('https://spiritualgab.freeforums.net')") to open another window in the given below program.

Try this.

require 'watir'
b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
b.goto 'www.google.com'
b.execute_script("window.open('https://spiritualgab.freeforums.net')")
b.window(title: 'Home | Spiritualgab').use
b.element(xpath: "//*[@id='navigation-menu']/ul/li[1]/a").click
b.original_window.use
b.text_field(name:'q').set 'raja'

By chance If you don't know the title of the window, just execute p b.title will print the title for you.