Protractor brings window to foreground when taking screenshot

Question

Protractor / webdriver seems to be bringing the window to foreground every time you take a screenshot programmatically from a test spec:

browser.takeScreenshot().then(function (png) {
   // code that stores screenshot to hard-drive
});

Is there any way how to control this behaviour? I would ideally like to keep it in the background when running tests.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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There is no workaround selenium side.

The option is a headless solution so e2e doesn't interrupt you while running the tests, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23461432/511069

I use ubuntu-headless solution for this, you can still see the browser through a VNC connection but focus doesn't affect you ever.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Mar 26 '15 at 08:01

Leo Gallucci

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