Can Selenium webdriver attach to already open browser window?

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After a lot of searching I believe this feature is not implemented yet- but does anyone know of any workaround implemented for Java with selenium1/2 that i can try? If a different process started the instance of the browser , can webdriver connect to that window? Any workarounds that can be tried. Any pointers is much appreciated.

Thank You!!

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 23:53

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Nope, it can't be done. It's one of the oldest feature requests for WebDriver, and it isn't going to happen any time soon. Sorry!

answered Apr 11 '13 at 23:53

Ross Patterson

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I did see somewhere hack how to do it, but I am unable to find it. Anyway, your answer is correct ;) – Pavel Janicek Apr 12 '13 at 06:40
Thank you for your inputs. If anyone finds any workarounds in future please post it here. Thank You! – Thomas Apr 12 '13 at 18:03
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8344776/can-selenium-interact-with-an-existing-browser-session – Clement Hoang May 09 '14 at 14:56
@ClementHoang Yup. And the [Selenium project leader closed it](http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=18#c48) on 2014-01-29 as "not feasible". – Ross Patterson May 10 '14 at 12:30
Booo! This would be so very useful. – Daniel Williams Jul 08 '19 at 21:26

Can Selenium webdriver attach to already open browser window?

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