Navigating through the browser history in a cucumber feature using selenium
In order to navigate through the browser history. you can manipulate the window.history object via javascript like follows:
When /^I go back in the browser history$/ do
page.evaluate_script('window.history.back()')
end
For further functions of the window and history objects check out this link Show archive.org snapshot .
An improved version of this step is now part of our gem spreewald on Github Show archive.org snapshot .
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