Playwright Conditionally Skip a Group of Tests

In the playwright, there is a way to conditionally skip a group of tests with just a specified conditional statement. This is more similar to the if statement skips type scenario.

Today in this article, we will provide a condition where tests should only run on the Firefox browser. Other than that browser will be skipped.

Syntax:

test.describe('fireFox only', () => {
 test.skip(({ browserName }) => browserName !== 'fireFox', 'fireFox only!');

 test('test 1', async ({ page }) => {
   // This test is only run in Firefox.
 });
 test('test 2', async ({ page }) => {
   // This test is only run in Firefox.
 });
});

Example:

const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test.describe('firefox only',() => {
   test.skip(({ browserName }) => browserName !== 'firefox', 'firefox only!');
   test('CSS Selector @pb', async ({page, browserName})=> 
   {
   
   await page.goto("https://www.programsbuzz.com/");
   await page.locator('.gv-icon-52').click()
   await page.locator('#edit-keys').type('Playwright')
   await page.locator('#edit-submit').click()
   });
   
   test('Alert Handling @auto', async ({page,browserName})=> 
   {
   //test.skip(browserName ==='firefox','Not Yet Functional On This Browser')
       test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'Check Alert Popup' })
   await page.goto("http://autopract.com/selenium/alert2/#");
   await page.locator("tbody tr:nth-child(2) td:nth-child(3) a:nth-child(1)").click()
   await page.on('dialog',dialog => dialog.accept())
   });
});

• Let us now try to run this test in chromium.

• We can see from the report that this test has been conditionally skipped because it only runs on Firefox.