I for the life of me cant seem to get any of the posted “Solutions” to work to open an Incognito Chrome Tab. Can anyone walk me through setting this up? `WebDriver normalChrome = openChromeBrowserPlain()
resizeHorizontalHalfLocateLeft(normalChrome)
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(normalChrome)
WebUI.navigateToUrl(‘http://demoaut.katalon.com/’)
WebUI.waitForPageLoad(10)
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
options.addArgument(‘–incognito’)
WebDriver incognitoChrome = new ChromeDriver(options)
resizeHorizontalHalfLocateRight(incognitoChrome)
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(incognitoChrome)
WebUI.navigateToUrl(‘http://demoaut-mimic.kazurayam.com/’)
WebUI.waitForPageLoad(10)
// in the normal Chrome, do something
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(normalChrome)
WebUI.comment(“switched to ${WebUI.getUrl()}”)
WebUI.verifyElementPresent(button, 10, FailureHandling.STOP_ON_FAILURE)
WebUI.click(button)
WebUI.delay(1)
// in the incoginto Chrome, do something
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(incognitoChrome)
WebUI.comment(“switched to ${WebUI.getUrl()}”)
WebUI.navigateToUrl(‘http://demoaut-mimic.kazurayam.com/’)
WebUI.click(button)
WebUI.delay(1)
// close 2 browser windows
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(normalChrome)
WebUI.closeBrowser()
WebUI.delay(1)
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(incognitoChrome)
WebUI.closeBrowser()`
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Hi @josh.meeks, This works for me…
Copy and paste the following into a new test case and run it…
import com.kms.katalon.core.configuration.RunConfiguration
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
import com.kms.katalon.core.configuration.RunConfiguration as RunConfiguration
//testCase body
RunConfiguration.setWebDriverPreferencesProperty('args', ['--incognito'])
WebUI.openBrowser('https://www.bbc.com/news/world')
WebUI.executeJavaScript('window.open();', null)
currentWindow = WebUI.getWindowIndex()
//Navigate to 2nd tab
WebUI.switchToWindowIndex(currentWindow + 1)
WebUI.navigateToUrl('https://www.google.com')
WebUI.delay(5)
//Navigate to 1st tab
WebUI.switchToWindowIndex(currentWindow)
Katalon Studio Version:
Enterprise | Version 8.6.8
Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
Chrome Version Version 119.0.6045.160 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Hi @Elly_Tran,
I set my Chrome browser to use ‘–incognito’ (which works as expected), as per this link:
I also followed these instructions but KSE ‘Web Record’ is not working/won’t capture any elements, any suggestions? Not surprised it does not work as I don’t believe KSE uses the browser extension? Or does it?
Open Incognito window
Go to chrome://extensions
Find the Katalon Studio extension, click Details
Toggle the button Allow in Incognito
Hi,
I will ask my team for a workaround and back to you soon/
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That works great thank you! However I believe i did not explain what exactly I was looking to do correctly. I would like to open a normal session of chrome, then open a second window in incognito mode, and switch between the two.
Hi @josh.meeks, You could try invoking incognito in only the 2nd tab. Not sure if that would work… Give it a try.
Thanks for the thought but yeah I tried that soon as I saw your first reply. Doesnt seem to work. Not sure how do handle having to perform a test where its live updating in the normal chrome window based on inputs received from an Incognito window.
Hi @Dave_Evers , I think I got it all figured out. This seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions
import org.openqa.selenium.Dimension
import org.openqa.selenium.Point
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
// Open the first window (regular Chrome)
WebUI.openBrowser('https://www.google.com')
WebDriver regularChromeDriver = DriverFactory.getWebDriver()
Dimension regularChromeWindowSize = new Dimension(970, 1100) // Adjust width and height as needed
Point regularChromeWindowPosition = new Point(0, 0) // Adjust x and y coordinates as needed
regularChromeDriver.manage().window().setSize(regularChromeWindowSize)
regularChromeDriver.manage().window().setPosition(regularChromeWindowPosition)
// Store the original window handle
String originalWindowHandle = regularChromeDriver.getWindowHandle()
// Open the second window (Incognito mode)
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
options.addArguments("--incognito")
WebDriver incognitoDriver = new ChromeDriver(options)
incognitoDriver.get("https://www.google.com")
Dimension incognitoWindowSize = new Dimension(970, 1100) // Adjust width and height as needed
Point incognitoWindowPosition = new Point(955, 0) // Adjust x and y coordinates as needed
incognitoDriver.manage().window().setSize(incognitoWindowSize)
incognitoDriver.manage().window().setPosition(incognitoWindowPosition)
// Switch to the Incognito window
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(incognitoDriver)
// Perform actions in the Incognito window (e.g., enter data)
// Switch back to the regular Chrome window
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(regularChromeDriver)
// Perform actions in the regular Chrome window and observe data update
// Close the windows
regularChromeDriver.quit()
incognitoDriver.quit()
Please share this out if there are those needing some help with this. This works like a charm. 
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@josh.meeks I notice that you have 1 backtick in your post, but when you post lines of code, you need 3 backticks on a line by themselves, like you have the single one at the end. (The one backtick at the top needs to become 3 and put on a line by themselves.)
Use 1 backtick when you want to keep formatting on a single line, or using pathway formatting to keep the back slashes correct, like //input[@id="login"], or tag formatting, like <select>.
@grylion54 , I just assumed that </> was for posting lines.
Hi @josh.meeks I had to add “import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver as WebDriver” to your imports to make this work. Great work figuring this out… Other folks may be able to make use of this solution so I am adding it as a tip under the Katalon Studio tips category.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver as WebDriver //Had to add this import
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions
import org.openqa.selenium.Dimension
import org.openqa.selenium.Point
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
//Open the first window (regular Chrome)
WebUI.openBrowser('https://www.google.com')
WebDriver regularChromeDriver = DriverFactory.getWebDriver()
// Adjust width and height as needed
Dimension regularChromeWindowSize = new Dimension(970, 1100)
// Adjust x and y coordinates as needed
Point regularChromeWindowPosition = new Point(0, 0)
regularChromeDriver.manage().window().setSize(regularChromeWindowSize)
regularChromeDriver.manage().window().setPosition(regularChromeWindowPosition)
//Store the original window handle
String originalWindowHandle = regularChromeDriver.getWindowHandle()
//Open the second window (Incognito mode)
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
options.addArguments('--incognito')
WebDriver incognitoDriver = new ChromeDriver(options)
incognitoDriver.get('https://www.google.com')
// Adjust width and height as needed
Dimension incognitoWindowSize = new Dimension(970, 1100)
// Adjust x and y coordinates as needed
Point incognitoWindowPosition = new Point(955, 0)
incognitoDriver.manage().window().setSize(incognitoWindowSize)
incognitoDriver.manage().window().setPosition(incognitoWindowPosition)
//Switch to the Incognito window
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(incognitoDriver)
//Perform actions in the Incognito window (e.g., enter data)
WebUI.delay(5)
//Switch back to the regular Chrome window
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(regularChromeDriver)
//Perform actions in the regular Chrome window and observe data update
WebUI.delay(5)
//Close the windows
regularChromeDriver.quit()
incognitoDriver.quit()
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Hi @Elly_Tran, Have you heard anything from your team?
Thanks Dave