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saw303
saw303

Reputation: 9082

Geb: How to tell Chrome Webdriver to use a different locale?

I am trying to change the locale of my Chrome Webdriver I use in my Geb tests. My Chrome is normally running using a en locale. For some tests I need to request a german version of a website.

Here is what I did in my GebConfig.groovy.

//GebConfig.groovy

driver = {
   ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
   options.addArguments("--lang=de")
   options.addArguments("--start-maximized")
   new ChromeDriver(options)
}

The option --lang=de does not seem to affect the chrome during the test, since the website still responds with english content.

Am I missing something?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 855

Answers (1)

jibbs
jibbs

Reputation: 762

As you noted in a comment above, it will use the system locale. We struggled with this same problem and ended up having to setup a VM specifically for foreign language testing and update the display language via the Region and Language dialog (Control Panel-> Region and Language-> Keyboards and Languages.)

We found all of the language packs we needed here: http://winaero.com/blog/download-official-mui-language-packs-for-windows-8-1-windows-8-and-windows-7/

Upvotes: 3

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