Re: Automation of Multiple Windows of Firefox using WWW::Mechanize::Firefox

[Corion]

If you have "two Firefox windows", you still have one Firefox process.

If you want an easy way to have two Firefox sessions active, install a separate instance of Firefox, for example via Portable Apps Firefox, and have the mozrepl plugin for that Firefox run on a different port.

[Anonymous Monk]

FWIW, a seperate profile will start a seperate process :)  firefox.exe -no-remote -P profilename

[LanX]

> FWIW, a seperate profile will start a seperate process :)

> firefox.exe -no-remote -P profilename

exactly and separate profiles have their own add-ons.

I'm using this approach on a daily basis.

and via Extras > MozRepl > ChangePort menu the ports are changed on an indiviual basis.

update

to be able to change the port, have a look to the repl object passed to ->new in WWW::Mechanize::Firefox .

see:

repl - a premade MozRepl::RemoteObject instance or a connection string suitable for initializing one

[lalvin]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I find that provided that I change the port of MozRepl of one of the FireFox windows and assign the new port to the instance of WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, my script can control the Firefox window. $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox -> new ( launch => 'firefox', repl => "localhost:$instance_port" )

[jellisii2]

Thus spake Corion, maintainer (and creator?) of WWW::Mechanize::Firefox.