robotframework / robotframework/SeleniumLibrary
Enhancement Request: Keyword to control the speed when scrolling an element into view
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Description
Creating this ticket at Ed's request. Bringing over the Slack communication.
Is there a way in Selenium Library to control the speed used to scroll an element into view?
More info: We have an iFrame that has a button that doesn't enable until a user scrolls to the bottom of the content. The button "fills" a progress bar as the user scrolls. When using Scroll to Element we drop to the bottom too quickly for the button to enable.
Follow up: we ended up using a Javascript call to use scrollIntoView with smooth behavior to get this to work as needed. Still curious if there's a Keyword approach that would do the same or similar, but no pressing need now.
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Research direction
Start with the existing "Scroll to Element" keyword and the issue's scrollIntoView reference, including its smooth behavior. Define how a keyword would expose scroll speed or equivalent behavior, then verify that the button's progress-bar interaction can complete before considering the work done.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100