Release notes

• Version 1.8
• Version 1.7

Version 1.8

• Selecting elements based on layout with :left-of(), :right-of(), :above() and :below().

• Playwright now includes command line interface, former playwright-cli.

  $ python -m playwright --help

• page.select_option(selector, **kwargs) now waits for the options to be present.

• New methods to assert element state like page.is_editable(selector, **kwargs).

New APIs

• element_handle.is_checked().
• element_handle.is_disabled().
• element_handle.is_editable().
• element_handle.is_enabled().
• element_handle.is_hidden().
• element_handle.is_visible().
• page.is_checked(selector, **kwargs).
• page.is_disabled(selector, **kwargs).
• page.is_editable(selector, **kwargs).
• page.is_enabled(selector, **kwargs).
• page.is_hidden(selector, **kwargs).
• page.is_visible(selector, **kwargs).
• New option 'editable' in element_handle.wait_for_element_state(state, **kwargs).

Browser Versions

• Chromium 90.0.4392.0
• Mozilla Firefox 85.0b5
• WebKit 14.1

Version 1.7

• New Java SDK: Playwright for Java is now on par with JavaScript, Python and C# bindings.
• Browser storage API: New convenience APIs to save and load browser storage state (cookies, local storage) to simplify automation scenarios with authentication.
• New CSS selectors: We heard your feedback for more flexible selectors and have revamped the selectors implementation. Playwright 1.7 introduces new CSS extensions and there's more coming soon.
• New website: The docs website at playwright.dev has been updated and is now built with Docusaurus.
• Support for Apple Silicon: Playwright browser binaries for WebKit and Chromium are now built for Apple Silicon.

New APIs

• browser_context.storage_state(**kwargs) to get current state for later reuse.
• storageState option in browser.new_context(**kwargs) and browser.new_page(**kwargs) to setup browser context state.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 89.0.4344.0
• Mozilla Firefox 84.0b9
• WebKit 14.1