How to hide Firefox window (Selenium WebDriver)?

Question

When I execute multiple test simultaneously, i don\'t want to keep Firefox browser window visible.. I can minimize it using selenium.minimizeWindow() but I don\

Answer 1

If you are using KDE Desktop, you can make Firefox Windows to be initially opened being minimized. That made my day to me regarding this problem. Just do the following:

1. Open Firefox
2. Click on the Firefox icon on the top left corner of the menu bar -> Advanced -> Special Application Settings...
3. Go to the "Size & Position" tab.
4. Click on "Minimized" and choose "Apply Initially" (YES).

These settings will apply for new Firefox windows from now on and you will not be bothered with pop-ups anymore when running tests with Webdriver.

Answer 2

If you're using Selenium RC or Remote WebDriver then you can run the browser instance on a remote, or virtual machine. This means that you shouldn't have to worry about hiding the browser windows as they won't be launching on your local machine.

Answer 3

Just add the following code.

import os
os.environ['MOZ_HEADLESS'] = '1'
driver = webdriver.Firefox()

Answer 4

just add these and it will work if you are using chrome, also useful in firefox

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
'''option to make driver work background'''
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')

Answer 5

Firefox has a headless mode. If you want to use it, you just have to set it on binary options like this:

binary = FirefoxBinary("C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe")
options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
# set headless mode on
options.set_headless(True) 
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary,options=options)

Answer 6

in options (Firefox options, chrome options )

set boolean headless to true by calling set_headless method.