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SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0
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.. default-role:: code
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SeleniumLibrary_ is a web testing library for `Robot Framework`_ that utilizes
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the Selenium_ tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0 is a new release with several
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enhancements and bug fixes. A couple new keywords, for drag and drop as well as
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getting css properties, have been added. Secret type support has be added. An issue
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with using lists with chaining locators has been fixed. Several of the minim required
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versions have been updated. More information about all the bug fixes and enhancements
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can be found in these release notes.
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If you have pip_ installed, just run
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::
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pip install --upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary
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to install the latest available release or use
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::
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pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary==6.9.0
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to install exactly this version. Alternatively you can download the source
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distribution from PyPI_ and install it manually.
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SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0 was released on Sunday May 17, 2026. SeleniumLibrary supports
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Python 3.10 through 3.14, Selenium 4.29.0 through 4.44.0 and
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Robot Framework 6.1.1 and 7.4.2.
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.. _Robot Framework: http://robotframework.org
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.. _SeleniumLibrary: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary
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.. _Selenium: http://seleniumhq.org
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.. _pip: http://pip-installer.org
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.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework-seleniumlibrary
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.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues?q=milestone%3Av6.9.0
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.. contents::
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:depth: 2
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:local:
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Most important enhancements
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===========================
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- "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links which were fixed (`#1976`_)
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- Chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above (`#1962`_)
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There was an issue with the types which prevented using chained locators as lists. This
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has been resolved in this release.
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- Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests (`#1974`_)
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- Added "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support (`#1953`_)
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Note the still remains an issue with Firefox related to drag and drop. This change does
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note resolve the issue within gecko driver and Firefox.
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- Input Password does not accept Secret type (`#1966`_)
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We have added support for the Secret Type into this release.
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- Added "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values (`#1969`_)
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- Selenium manager fails to download firefox/edge with lower versions of selenium (`#1986`_)
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There were also several changes that are focused on internal processes and operations
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- Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests (`#1978`_)
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- Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test (`#1973`_)
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- Added new GitHub Actions workflow and performed yearly update on cookie test suite (`#1955`_)
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Acknowledgements
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================
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I want to give a large shout out to [Yuri](https://github.com/yuriverweij) who had a large hand in getting
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this release out the door including resolving issues, reviewing code changes, and fixing up our processes
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and tooling, amongst all the other contributions he made towards this release. Some of these include
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- Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test (`#1973`_)
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- Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests (`#1974`_)
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- Review restriction on running ApprovalTests under Windows (`#1884`_)
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- Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests (`#1978`_)
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Yuri along with [Tatu](https://github.com/aaltat) brought in the Secret type into this release.
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- Input Password does not accept Secret type (`#1966`_)
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I also want to thank a couple of first time contributors. Let me thank [Vamsi](https://github.com/b-vamsipunnam) for a
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couple new keywords
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- Added "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support (`#1953`_)
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- Added "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values (`#1969`_)
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And I also want to recognize and thank [Jaroslav Cerman](https://github.com/antivirak) for fixing a type error in deprecation message (`#1947`_).
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Great job Jaroslav and Vamsi on these first time contributions!
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I also want to thank
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- [jjaakkola-atostek](https://github.com/jjaakkola-atostek) for reporting that chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above (`#1962`_)
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- [Slava Semushin](https://github.com/php-coder) for reporting the "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links (`#1976`_)
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And I once again want to recognize and give my thanks to the ongoing support by Tatu Aalto.
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Full list of fixes and enhancements
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.. list-table::
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* - ID
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- Type
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- Priority
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- Summary
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* - `#1962`_
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- bug
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- critical
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- Chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above
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* - `#1973`_
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- bug
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- high
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- Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test
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* - `#1953`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Add "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support
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* - `#1955`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Added new GitHub Actions workflow and performed yearly update on cookie test suite
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* - `#1966`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Input Password does not accept Secret type
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* - `#1969`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Add "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values
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* - `#1974`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests
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* - `#1978`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests
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* - `#1986`_
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- enhancement
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- high
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- Selenium manager fails to download firefox/edge with lower versions of selenium
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* - `#1947`_
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- bug
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- medium
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- Fix typo in deprecation message
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* - `#1976`_
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- bug
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- medium
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- "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links
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* - `#1921`_
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- enhancement
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- medium
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- Use Dependabot to update deps automatically
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* - `#1884`_
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- medium
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- Review restriction on running ApprovalTests under Windows
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* - `#1967`_
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- medium
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- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7
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* - `#1963`_
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- bug
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- `#1962`_ fix cascading locators
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* - `#1956`_
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- Dependabot
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* - `#1971`_
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- Fixed doc formating issue within xpath examples
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Altogether 17 issues. View on the `issue tracker <https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues?q=milestone%3Av6.9.0>`__.
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.. _#1962: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1962
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.. _#1973: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1973
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.. _#1953: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1953
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.. _#1955: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1955
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.. _#1966: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1966
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.. _#1969: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1969
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.. _#1974: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1974
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.. _#1978: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1978
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.. _#1986: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1986
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.. _#1947: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1947
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.. _#1976: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1976
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.. _#1921: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1921
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.. _#1884: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1884
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.. _#1967: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1967
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.. _#1963: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1963
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.. _#1956: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1956
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.. _#1971: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1971

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