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Sure, you can test a drag and drop scenario that requires multiple tabs or windows with Playwright. Playwright supports multiple origins, iframes, tabs, and contexts, so you can interact with different browser windows or tabs during your tests.
Here's how you can do it:
dragAndDrop
method provided by Playwright to initiate the drag action on the element.mouse.click
) to simulate dropping at the desired location.Here's a TypeScript code snippet demonstrating how you can perform a drag and drop action between two tabs using Playwright:
import { chromium } from 'playwright';
async function performDragAndDrop() {
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext();
// Open first tab
const page1 = await context.newPage();
await page1.goto('https://ray.run');
// Open second tab
const page2 = await context.newPage();
await page2.goto('https://ray.run');
// Perform drag and drop from first tab/page to second tab/page
const draggableElement = await page1.$('#draggable');
// Get bounding box of draggable element
const sourceBoundingBox = await draggableElement.boundingBox();
// Drag from source position in first tab/page
await page1.mouse.move(sourceBoundingBox.x + sourceBoundingBox.width / 2,
sourceBoundingBox.y + sourceBoundingBox.height / 2);
await page1.mouse.down();
// Switch to second tab/page
await page2.bringToFront();
// Get target position in second tab/page
const targetElement = await page2.$('#droppable');
const targetBoundingBox = await targetElement.boundingBox();
// Drop at target position in second tab/page
await page2.mouse.move(targetBoundingBox.x + targetBoundingBox.width / 2,
targetBoundingBox.y + targetBoundingBox.height / 2);
await page2.mouse.up();
// Close the browser
await browser.close();
}
performDragAndDrop();
This example launches a Chromium browser using Playwright and opens two tabs with the same URL. It locates the draggable element on the first tab and initiates the drag action. Then, it switches to the second tab and identifies the drop location element. Finally, it simulates dropping at the desired location.
Remember, this is just a basic example, and you may need to adapt it based on your specific scenario. Also, Playwright supports multiple browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc., so you can perform similar drag and drop actions across different browsers as well.
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