Firefox profile for your Selenium RC

Why create a new firefox profile for Selenium?


We create firefox profile for Selenium RC tests, so we can set light configurations to it, which later on we’ll be using to run our Selenium scripts FASTER.

How to create Firefox profile for your Selenium?


1.Make sure all your firefox instance are closed
2.Click Start>Run
3.Type “firefox.exe -ProfileManager -no-remote”
4.Select “Create Profile” (i.e. selenium)
5.Click “Next”
6.Enter new profile name
7.Select a directory folder to store your new profile
8.Click “Finish”
9.Select “Don’t ask at startup”
10.Click “Start Firefox” and configure settings based on suggestion below***
11.Set Profile back to “default” (enable you to use your previous settings on your browser)
12.Add -firefoxProfileTemplate command line option as you start the Selenium Server

java -jar selenium-server.jar -firefoxProfileTemplate “”

Suggested settings for your Selenium Profile


1.From “View\Toolbars” tab, uncheck “Bookmarks Toolbar”
2.Right click from toolbar and click “Customize”
3.Remove “Google search” by dragging it to the “Customize Toolbar” window
4.From the “Customize Toolbar” window, click “Use Small Icons” check box then hit “Done”
5.Click “Tools\Options” then set the following:
a. “Main” tab
- set Home Page to “about:blank”
- uncheck “Show the Downloads..” option
b. “Tabs” tab
- Select “a new window” for new pages
- Uncheck all warning options
c. “Content” tab
- uncheck “Block pop-up” windows option
d. “Privacy” tab
- uncheck all “History” options
e. “Security” tab
- uncheck all “Security” options
- click “Settings” and uncheck all warning options
f. “Advanced” tab
- Uncheck “autoscrolling” option from “General” tab
- uncheck “warn me …” and “Ssearch Engines”option from “Update” tab
6.From “Tools\Add-ons” install the following:
- Firebug: allows you to edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript on your application under test
- Selenium IDE: allows you to record, edit, and debug Selenium tests
- ScreenGrab: saves entire webpages as images.
7.From the address bar type “about:config” and add the following by right-click anywhere on the page and selecting “new”
- extensions.update.notifyUser (type=boolean; value=false)
- extensions.newAddons (type=boolean; value=false)