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 BrowserType.connectOverCDP().

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:
  • BrowserType.connectOverCDP() to connect using Chrome DevTools protocol
  • BrowserType.connect() to connect to a Playwright server
  • Page.waitForURL() to ensure navigations to URL
  • Video.delete() and Video.saveAs() to manage screen recording
• new options:
  • screen option in the Browser.newContext() 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 BrowserType.connect()