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How to read source code of a dialog box in Internet Explorer 9

I am automating a web application using ruby and selenium-webdriver which contains multiple fields in dialog boxes. And these dialog boxes contains lot of nested iframes. I am unable to get the element properties using the Developer Tool as everything is disabled for a dialog box. For the time being i am using page_source function of selenium webdriver to read the source but it is of little use in case of nested frames.

Please tell me a good way to identify elements in a dialog box in Internet Explorer

Solution

  • Follow below steps to fix this issue

    1. Open Internet Explorer
    2. Click the "Tools" gear (Alt+X)
    3. Select "Internet options"
    4. Select the "Security" tab
    5. Click the "Custom level..." button 6 .Disable the "Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars" option
    6. Hit OK
    7. Hit OK

    Now find a modal window and press F12

    Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kurlak/archive/2012/08/27/opening-the-internet-explorer-developer-tools-dialog-on-modal-windows.aspx