Method: Watir::Browser.start

Defined in:
lib/watir/browser.rb

.start(url, browser = :chrome, *args) ⇒ Watir::Browser

Creates a Watir::Browser instance and goes to URL.

Examples:

browser = Watir::Browser.start "www.google.com", :chrome
#=> #<Watir::Browser:0x..fa45a499cb41e1752 url="http://www.google.com" title="Google">

Parameters:

  • url (String)
  • browser (Symbol, Selenium::WebDriver) (defaults to: :chrome) —

    :firefox, :ie, :chrome, :remote or Selenium::WebDriver instance

Returns:



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# File 'lib/watir/browser.rb', line 32

def start(url, browser = :chrome, *args)
  new(browser, *args).tap { |b| b.goto url }
end