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How to find out which JavaScript events fired?

I have a select list: <select id="filter"> <option value="Open" selected="selected">Open</option> <option value="Closed">Closed</option> </select> When I ...
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4answers
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How can I automate the “next episode” button in Netflix (mac)?

Here's my goal: When my daughter wakes up at 4am I'd like to be able to queue the next 4 episodes of Shaun the Sheep (20 min) so I don't have to wake up every 20 min to start the next show. So really ...
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What testing does Selenium cover over and above testacular?

I understand that testacular is a JavaScript testing framework that can run in real browsers. If that is the case, what kind of test coverage does Selenium provide over and above testacular.
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JavaScript/VBA Automation: Changing the onclick attribute

I am trying to change the function call from the onclick event of a button on a form using automation in VBA. Function X is already hard-coded into the webpage, and I do not have access to change that ...
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After finding out which JavaScript events are defined for an element, how do we proceed?

I am new to Watir (and JavaScript as well) and have been following the related questions (and answers as well). I've also gone through the "Firebug" suggestion. I couldn't quite gather what we are ...
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JS/C# how do I know the elment id or xpath I just clicked or manipulated?

As you know, Selenium IDE can show you a script and tell you what element you just manipulated. I don't know the what happened behind this. Every automation framework can know what element you are ...
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How can I automate a browser to visit 1000 pages and trigger a simple javascript function on each page?

I need to load 1000 urls on a tracking/reporting app (after authenticating via an HTML form) and trigger a "resubmit" javascript function. Unfortunately there is no bulk action to handle all at once ...
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0answers
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jQuery Javascript wait iframe load before continue code execution

I'm working on a webbrowser automation project using javascript/jQuery and iFrames. The problem is that the code must wait for the iframe to load before continue it's execution. // set value ...
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How to automate entering data from a database into a website's html & javascript user interface?

I am a volunteer coordinator for a not-for-profit with some basic experience using Python. I'm willing to put in <8 hours of learning for my current project (otherwise, I'll do it manually). I'm ...