Status of Deprecated Methods/Properties

[GCuser99]

In the release notes of versions 4.3 and 4.4, I enumerated a number of methods/properties that now have improved alternatives. I'm posting this to give anyone who cares an opportunity to voice their opinion as to what to do with these deprecated methods/properties. We could just leave the overlapping functionality as it exists now, eliminate some or all of the deprecated ones, and/or convert at least several of these to short-cut the new methods (for example, convert WebDriver.SwitchToNewWindow to be equivalent to WebDriver.Windows.SwitchToNew).

I'll leave this issue open for a few weeks. Unless you are indifferent, please let me know what you think. If I don't hear from anyone, my leaning is to just remove all of the deprecated methods.

Here is the complete list below:

Deprecated Method\Property	Class	Replacement Method\Property	Class	Example Usage
ControlKey	WebKeyboard	CtrlKey	WebKeyboard	elem.SendKeys keys.CtrlKey & "a"
GetWindowHandles	WebDriver	Handles	WebWindows	Set handles = driver.Windows.Handles
SwitchToNewWindow	WebDriver	SwitchToNew	WebWindows	driver.Windows.SwitchToNew
SwitchToWindow	WebDriver	Item().Activate	WebWindows	windows(1).Activate
GetTitle	WebDriver	Title	WebWindow	Debug.Print driver.ActiveWindow.Title
GetCurrentWindowHandle	WebDriver	Handle	WebWindow	handle = driver.ActiveWindow.Handle
CloseWindow	WebDriver	CloseIt	WebWindow	window.CloseIt
GetWindowRect	WebDriver	Bounds	WebWindow	Set rect = driver.ActiveWindow.Bounds
SetWindowRect	WebDriver	Bounds	WebWindow	Set window.Bounds = rect
SetWindowSize	WebDriver	SetSize	WebWindow	driver.ActiveWindow.SetSize width:=500
SetWindowPosition	WebDriver	SetPosition	WebWindow	window.SetPosition x:=200, y:=200
MaximizeWindow	WebDriver	Maximize	WebWindow	driver.ActiveWindow.Maximize
FullScreenWindow	WebDriver	FullScreen	WebWindow	window.FullScreen
MinimizeWindow	WebDriver	Minimize	WebWindow	driver.Windows.SwitchToNext.Minimize
AlertAccept	WebDriver	Accept	WebAlert	driver.SwitchToAlert.Accept
AlertDismiss	WebDriver	Dismiss	WebAlert	driver.SwitchToAlert.Dismiss
GetAlertText	WebDriver	GetText	WebAlert	prompt = driver.SwitchToAlert.GetText
SetAlertText	WebDriver	SendKeys	WebAlert	driver.SwitchToAlert.SendKeys "my text"
SetFocusNoScroll	WebDriver	SetFocus	WebDriver	driver.SetFocus element:=elem, preventScroll:=True
SetFocusNoScroll	WebElement	SetFocus	WebElement	elem.SetFocus preventScroll:=True

Notes:

• The Handles property of the WebWindows class returns a Collection, while the deprecated alternative returns a String Array
• The Item (default) method of the WebWindows class will take either an index or handle as input
• The SwitchToAlert method of the WebDriver class will wait up to a maximum amount of time (default 10 secs) for the Alert to show and then return a WebAlert object for further interaction
• The IsAlertPresent method of WebDriver class, not listed above, has no other functional equivalent so will keep as is

[6DiegoDiego9]

I'm personally already OK with the removal of the old methods and properties. I don't have a big database to update.
Thanks for the very useful correspondence table!