v1.11.0

Highlights

🎥 New video: Playwright: A New Test Automation Framework for the Modern Web (slides)

• We talked about Playwright
• Showed engineering work behind the scenes
• Did live demos with new features ✨
• Special thanks to applitools for hosting the event and inviting us!

⚙️ Chrome DevTools Protocol support with browser_type.connect_over_cdp().

Browser Versions

• Chromium 92.0.4498.0
• Mozilla Firefox 89.0b6
• WebKit 14.2

This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 90
• Microsoft Edge 90

New APIs

• new emulation devices: Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9+, Galaxy Tab S4, Pixel 3, Pixel 4
• new methods:
  • browser_type.connect_over_cdp() to connect using Chrome DevTools protocol
  • browser_type.connect() to connect to a Playwright server
  • page.wait_for_url() to ensure navigations to URL
  • video.delete() and video.save_as() to manage screen recording
• new options:
  • screen option in the browser.new_context() method to emulate window.screen dimensions
  • position option in page.check() and page.uncheck() methods
  • trial option to dry-run actions in page.check(), page.uncheck(), page.click(), page.dblclick(), page.hover() and page.tap()
  • headers option in browser_type.connect()