Hidden mode for firefox is not working

[Aravindh_Stanley]

I wanna scrape some data from a website in background, so I select the hidden mode in Open browser activity with Firefox and chrome, but the browser window is always visible. IE seems to be working, but doesnt render the webpage i need properly, so using IE is out of possiblities.

Am I missing something here? or Hidden mode is only for IE?

[pduffy (Paul Duffy)]

Same problem. Does anyone know a solution?

[loginerror (Maciej Kuźmicz)]

Hi @Aravindh_Stanley @pduffy

Apparently neither Firefox nor Chrome support Hidden mode. We will update our documentation accordingly.

These options will work for:

1. IE in non-WebDriver mode
2. Firefox & Cheme in WebDriver mode

You can read more about the Webdriver Protocol:

About the WebDriver Protocol

[pduffy (Paul Duffy)]

Thanks @loginerror, I found out since. Actually, even IE in hidden mode doesn’t work in all cases, I guess this mode is still a work in progress.

Thanks,

[bchanta (Bo Slattery)]

Activate the “Protected mode” of IE and it should work every time.

[pduffy (Paul Duffy)]

Have you tried this or is it a guess?

[bchanta (Bo Slattery)]

I wouldn’t post if it’s a guess. I had the same issue and fixed it when I enabled protected mode.

[mkiepal (Marcin)]

Hi, what is the cuurrent status of Hidden browser (Chrome) automation? Im trying to do some headless automation but my SimulateClick activities doesnt work.

[mark.j.a.martinez]

it is already working now using studio 20.4