FirefoxDriver

Firefox Driver

Firefox driver is included in the selenium-server-stanalone.jar available in the downloads. The driver comes in the form of an xpi (firefox extension) which is added to the firefox profile when you start a new instance of FirefoxDriver.

Pros

• Runs in a real browser and supports Javascript
• Faster than the InternetExplorerDriver

Cons

• Slower than the HtmlUnitDriver

Important System Properties

The following system properties (read using System.getProperty() and set using System.setProperty() in Java code or the "-DpropertyName=value" command line flag) are used by the FirefoxDriver:

Property	What it means
webdriver.firefox.bin	The location of the binary used to control firefox.
webdriver.firefox.marionette	Boolean value, if set on standalone-server will ignore any "marionette" desired capability requested and force firefox to use GeckoDriver (true) or Legacy Firefox Driver (false)
webdriver.firefox.profile	The name of the profile to use when starting firefox. This defaults to webdriver creating an anonymous profile
webdriver.firefox.useExisting	Never use in production Use a running instance of firefox if one is present
webdriver.log.logfile	Log file to dump javascript console logging to
webdriver.firefox.logfile	Log file to dump firefox stdout/stderr to

Normally the Firefox binary is assumed to be in the default location for your particular operating system:

OS	Expected Location of Firefox
Linux	firefox (found using "which")
Mac	/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin
Windows	%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

By default, the Firefox driver creates an anonymous profile

Running with firebug

Download the firebug xpi file from mozilla and start the profile as follows:

   File file = new File("firebug-1.8.1.xpi");
   FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
   firefoxProfile.addExtension(file);
   firefoxProfile.setPreference("extensions.firebug.currentVersion", "1.8.1"); // Avoid startup screen

   WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxProfile);