RemoteWebDriver Chrome - start maximized

Question

I need chrome to start maximized when running via the selenium grid.

This is how do I initialize it now:

Selenium selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*googlechrome", "http://www.google.com");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), capabilities);

Chrome does come up, but not maximized. In usual ChromeDriver I did it like this

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--start-maximized");

But I dont know how to pass it to RemoteWebDriver. Can anybody help?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '12 at 11:38

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ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), capabilities);

That's how I do it.

answered Mar 30 '12 at 11:38

Petr Janeček

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The code above looks good, but when I tried it, I got "cannot parse capability: chromeOptions on the node." Is there something I am missing? – DoodleKana Feb 06 '15 at 17:36
Honestly, I don't know, sorry. I didn't observe the Webdriver development over the past two years too much. Try looking for a mention of this in the chsngelog, or post a new question. – Petr Janeček Feb 06 '15 at 17:41
I found out the answer to my question here https://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=7043 with new selenium update options is used slightly different. – DoodleKana Feb 06 '15 at 22:27

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 11:37

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Ok, I found it, so lets answer my own question :)

Selenium selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*googlechrome", "http://www.google.com");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setCapability("chrome.switches", Arrays.asList("--start-maximized"));
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), capabilities);

should work :}

answered Mar 30 '12 at 11:37

Pavel Janicek

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I will accept your answer - to give you appreciation for the effort. Anyways "google before post" should be new "think before speak" - at least in my case ;) – Pavel Janicek Mar 30 '12 at 12:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 13 '17 at 16:50

The above solutions did not work for me but this did

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArguments("--start-maximized");

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = options.ToCapabilities() as DesiredCapabilities;
capabilities?.SetCapability(CapabilityType.BrowserName, "chrome");

Driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), capabilities);

Hope this helps someone.

RemoteWebDriver Chrome - start maximized

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