rspec users - Jun 2012 - Selenium+Autotest: how to run browser in background?

Hey guys

After hours of hard work I finally managed to set up my development
environment to run cucumber scenarios using autotest and selenium.

What''s a bit bugging is the fact that Firefox always jumps to the
foreground when Autotest does its job. How can I keep Firefox in the
background so that I can continue with my work without being
interrupted?

Thanks!

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On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Joshua Muheim wrote:
> Hey guys
> 
> After hours of hard work I finally managed to set up my development
> environment to run cucumber scenarios using autotest and selenium.
> 
> What''s a bit bugging is the fact that Firefox always jumps to the
> foreground when Autotest does its job. How can I keep Firefox in the
> background so that I can continue with my work without being
> interrupted?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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That is how selenium works - it needs to fire up a browser (firefox).

Take a look at the capybara-webkit gem.

Well, didn''t find a solution, but using the :chrome driver lets Chrome 
be activated in the background...

See 
http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2011/09/27/use-chrome-with-cucumber-capybara/

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On 22 Jun 2012, at 10:38, Joshua Muheim wrote:
> Well, didn''t find a solution, but using the :chrome driver lets
Chrome
> be activated in the background...
> 
> See 
>
http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2011/09/27/use-chrome-with-cucumber-capybara/
capybara-webkit is best for this. It''s fast and you never see it.

cheers,
Matt

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