How to close all the windows before the next test in a test suite?

Question

[7] pry(#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1>)> page.execute_script "window.close()"
Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchWindowError: Script execution failed. Script: window.close();
 The window could not be found

[8] pry(#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1>)> page.driver.browser.window_handles
=> ["f1-2"]

I had a browser open with two tabs, the above command does close one but the last tab never closes. It is open but when I try to run page.execute_script "window.close()" it gives the above error.

page.driver.browser.window_handles.each do |handle|
  page.driver.browser.switch_to.window(handle)
  page.execute_script "window.close()"
end

The above code was working for me sometime back but doesnt work anymore. It gives the same error.

UPDATE:

When I use,

page.driver.browser.window_handles.each do |handle| 
   page.driver.browser.switch_to.window(handle) 
   page.driver.browser.close 
end

it gives the following error Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnknownError: 'auto_id' does not refer to an open tab

Answer 1

Two ways you can do it

1. In line with your technique using JS. You would first need to switch back to your first browser window (window_handle) and then perform "window.close()". (Not Preferred) (Not sure why its not working now for you, did you upgrade server version or different browser?)

2. Simply use @driver.quit (Preferred)

Update

---

Just write this once. This will close all windows.

  after(:each) do
    @driver.quit
  end

If you want to close only one browser tab/window/popup, switch to that window_handle and then perform

@driver.close();

Answer 2

page.driver.browser.close closes current tab towards the end and the last (second) tab closes itself after each example.

Answer 3

in case if you are using cucumber, you can the use the BEFORE/AFTER hooks .please refer similar question on stackoverflow for some more on cucumber,please refer this Cucumber Hooks