Testing onbeforeunload events from Selenium

Question

I'm trying to write a Selenium test for a web page that uses an onbeforeunload event to prompt the user before leaving. Selenium doesn't seem to recognize the confirmation dialog that comes up, or to provide a way to hit OK or Cancel. Is there any way to do this? I'm using the Java Selenium driver, if that's relevant.

Answer 1

You could write a user extension (or just some JavaScript in a storeEval etc) that tests that window.onbeforeunload is set, and then replaces it with null before continuing on from the page. Ugly, but ought to get you off the page.

Answer 2

faced same problem with "beforeunlaod" event listner, LUMINUS! a chrome addon that helps me just block the event listener in the plugin thats all..