How to resize/maximize Firefox window during launching Selenium Remote Control?

Question

I am using Selenium Remote Control . During executing the tests the actual Firefox window is so small. I want it full screen so I can see what is happening. How can I maximi

Answer 1

In ruby, the call would be

web_driver.manage.window.maximize

Answer 2

You can do the following:

page.driver.browser.manage.window.maximize

Answer 3

None of the answers provided work when passing the -singlewindow parameter to the Selenium RC server. However, if you pass a firefox profile to the Selenium RC server (as detailed somewhat here), you can make an empty profile folder and put this file in the folder:

localstore.rdf(case sensitive filename!):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
         xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"
                   sizemode="normal"
                   height="9999"
                   width="9999"
                   screenX="0"
                   screenY="0" />
                   lastSelected="paneTabs" />
  <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul">
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#PersonalToolbar"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#nav-bar"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#status-bar"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#toggle_taskbar"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#navigator-toolbox"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#toolbar-menubar"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box"/>
    <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title"/>
  </RDF:Description>
</RDF:RDF>

Replace width and height with your preferred width and height. 9999x9999 will pretty much maximize any monitor.

The simplest example possible of running your Selenium RC server this way assuming we have the previously mentioned localstore.rdf in our home directory, and we are currently in the directory of the Selenium RC server:

rm -rf ~/ffProfile
mkdir ~/ffProfile
cp localstore.rdf ~/ffProfile
java -jar selenium-server-*.jar -singlewindow -firefoxProfileTemplate "~/ffProfile"

This also has the added benefit of not "polluting" your tests.