popup windows are sometimes visible

[rosshinkley]

(from https://github.com/segmentio/nightmare/issues/804)

I need to access new window from nightmare and manipulate it as I do in main window. Is that even possible?

nightmare
  .goto('http://website.com/')
  .click('button[id="mybutton"]') // this actually opens new window/tab whatever.
  .type('input[type="text"]', 'hello world') // I want this to happen on new window, how?
  .then(function () { console.log('all done'); })
  .catch(function (err) { console.log(err); });

basic html:

<button id="mybutton" onclick="javascript:window.open('http://website.com/', '_blank');">click me</button>
<input type="text"></input>

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I've searched same questions here, but isn't there any workaround? If not, can I just block opening new window and load the new page into the current one?

EDIT2: I've noticed, that if you specify show: false opening new tab/window is shown by default. Any thoughts about this? It's getting annoying though.

[calvinl]

I'm interested in solving this issue as well. When trying to capture a popup ad's URL, even though nightmare is set to run with show: false, any popup windows that are opened as a result of a click (e.g a popup ad), temporarily opens a new window with show: true. I couldn't find anything helpful in the nightmare issues, and dug into electron's BrowserWindow settings as well, but was unsuccessful.

It works fine on MacOS but on Ubuntu Linux using xvfb, nightmare just hangs when it comes across a popup window. My guess is that it's not supporting new windows?

Would appreciate any help/advice.

[webjohnjiang]

i am waiting this workground

[celdridge8]

I am waiting for a workaround for this as well.

[ImHype]

I am also waiting for a workaround for the solution for this issue

[ghost]

+1 from my side. it will be cool to handle it ;)

[t1ber1u]

me too

[vlink3000]

+1

[TheTechChild]

+1