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Selenium IDE - Installation



Selenium Integrated Development Environment(IDE) installation is available from the Chrome and Firefox store. As a precondition for Selenium Integrated Development Environment installation, we would need the browsers Chrome and Firefox installed in the local machine.

To complete the installation of Selenium Integrated Development Environment in Chrome let us follow the below steps −

Install Chrome Extension for Selenium IDE

Step 1 − Navigate to the link below and select the CHROME DOWNLOAD tab.

https://www.selenium.dev/selenium-ide/.

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Step 2 − We would be navigated to the Chrome web store, Extensions page for Selenium Integrated Development Environment. Then we would click on Add to Chrome.

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Step 3 − Click on Add extension button on the pop-up.

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Step 4 − Selenium Integrated Development Environment should be installed successfully after which we would be able to launch it.

Step 5 − It is recommended that we restart the browser after Step4. Then the Selenium Integrated Development Environment icon would appear on the right upper corner of the Chrome browser, we would need to click it in order to launch.

Launch Selenium IDE in Chrome

In the above image, we can see, after the Selenium Integrated Development Environment was launched from the Chrome plugin, a welcome message should be displayed along with the version of the tool. Here, the version installed is 3.17.2.

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Along with this, it gives us the option to select what we would like to do with the tool, like Record a new test in a new project, Open an existing project, Create a new project, and Close it.

Also, a link with the text - the Selenium IDE project page is provided, which on clicking would land us to the Selenium Integrated Development Environment documentation page.

https://www.selenium.dev/selenium-ide/

Install Firefox Extension for Selenium IDE

Step 1 − Navigate to the link below and select the FIREFOX DOWNLOAD tab.

https://www.selenium.dev/selenium-ide/.

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Step 2 − We would be navigated to the Firefox web store, Extensions page for Selenium Integrated Development Environment. Then we would click on Add to Firefox.

Step 3 − A pop-up window would appear. We would need to click on the Add button on the pop-up.

Step 4 − Selenium Integrated Development Environment should be installed successfully after which we would be able to launch it.

Step 5 − It is recommended that we restart the browser after Step 4. Then Selenium Integrated Development Environment icon would appear on the right upper corner of the Firefox browser, we would need to click it in order to launch.

Launch Selenium IDE in Firefox

In the above image, we can see, after the Selenium Integrated Development Environment was launched from the Firefox plugin, a welcome message should be displayed along with the version of the tool. Here, the version installed is 3.17.2.

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Along with this, it gives us the option to select what we would like to do with the tool, like Record a new test in a new project, Open an existing project, Create a new project, and Close it.

Also, a link with the text - the Selenium IDE project page is provided, which on clicking would land us to the Selenium Integrated Development Environment documentation page.

https://www.selenium.dev/selenium-ide/

Thus, we see that installation of Selenium Integrated Development Environment is a very simple process, and it does not require any particular software to do the Selenium Integrated Development Environment set up in a local machine.

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