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Browser-Context/Page Configurations

Headless, SlowMo and other Browser Context Options

Browser Context Options

The following options can be set while creating a Browser Context :

Options
 Description
setHeadless By default, this is true. If you set it as false, you will see the browsers opening up during execution
setSlowMo This is slow down the execution by N milliseconds per operation
setChannel Browser distribution channel. Supported values are chrome, chrome-beta, chrome-dev, chrome-canary, msedge, msedge-beta, msedge-dev, msedge-canary.
setChromiumSandbox Enable Chromium sandboxing. Defaults to false.
setDevtools Chromium-only. Whether to auto-open a Developer Tools panel for each tab. If this option is true, the headless option will be set false.
setDownloadsPath If specified, accepted downloads are downloaded into this directory. Otherwise, temporary directory is created and is deleted when browser is closed. In either case, the downloads are deleted when the browser context they were created in is closed.
setExecutablePath Path to a browser executable to run instead of the bundled one. If executablePath is a relative path, then it is resolved relative to the current working directory. Note that Playwright only works with the bundled Chromium, Firefox or WebKit, use at your own risk.
setTimeout Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the browser instance to start. Defaults to 30000 (30 seconds). Pass 0 to disable timeout.
setProxy Proxy to be used for all requests. HTTP and SOCKS proxies are supported, for example http://myproxy.com:3128 or socks5://myproxy.com:3128. Short form myproxy.com:3128 is considered an HTTP proxy.
--disable-notifications By default, browser Web Notifications and Push APIs are enabled. If added as browser option, it will disable the Web Notifications and the Push APIs of the browser.
--disable-extensions By default, browser extensions are enabled. If added as browser option, it will disable browser extensions.
--disable-popup-blocking By default, browser's built-in pop-up blocker is enabled. If added as browser option, it will disable the browser's built-in pop-up blocker.
--no-sandbox If added as browser option, the sandbox will be disabled for all process types that are normally sandboxed. Meant to be used as a browser-level switch for testing purposes only.
--disable-dev-shm-usage You can use this browser option as a workaround for issues related to /dev/shm shared memory partition. A temporary directory will always be used to create anonymous shared memory files.
--ignore-certificate-errors You can use this browser option to bypass SSL/TLS certificate validation errors. When this option is enabled, the browser will not display warnings or block access to websites that have invalid, expired, self-signed, or otherwise untrusted SSL/TLS certificates.
--lang=en-US You can use this browser option to launch browser with a specific language for its user interface: --lang=<language_code>.

In INGenious Playwright Studio you can specify all of these in the Configuration Window like this :

context

Emulation

Emulation

Playwright can emulate various devices by specifying the following options when creating a context :

  • setDeviceScaleFactor
  • setHasTouch
  • setIsMobile
  • setScreenSize
  • setUserAgent
  • setViewportSize

In INGenious Playwright Studio you can specify all of these in the Configuration Window like this :

emulator

The complete list of Playwright supported device configurations can be found here

Locale and Timezone

Locale and Timezone

Emulate the user Locale and Timezone which can be set globally for all tests in the config and then overridden for particular tests.

  • setLocale
  • setTimezoneId

In INGenious Playwright Studio you can specify all of these in the Configuration Window like this :

locale