title: Unhandled Alert Exception : Modal Dialog Present (Selenium)
body: <p>I am facing an Issue wherein I get an Exception saying UnhandledAlertException Modal Dialog Present ,below are some of the traces   </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>org.openqa.selenium.UnhandledAlertException: Modal dialog present:
    This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you
    have entered may not be saved.Build info: version: '2.41.0', revision:
    '3192d8a6c4449dc285928ba024779344f5423c58', time: '2014-03-27
    11:29:39'System info: host: 'NCESEPBLRNRE16', ip: '172.16.137.213',
    os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1',
    java.version: '1.6.0_26'Session ID:
    bda22089-a586-4cd8-b7ac-778c98581e11Driver info:
    org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriverCapabilities [{platform=XP,
    acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=firefox,
    rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, version=23.0,
    cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=true, handlesAlerts=true,
    browserConnectionEnabled=true, nativeEvents=false,
    webStorageEnabled=true, applicationCacheEnabled=true,
    takesScreenshot=true}] at
    sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at
    sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at
    sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:193)
    at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createUnhandledAlertException(ErrorHandler.java:174)
    at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:141)
    at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:595)
    at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:348)
    at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementById(RemoteWebDriver.java:389)
    at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElement(By.java:214) at
    org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:340)
    at
    com.amadeus.selenium.runner.SEPWebDriverWrapper.findElement(SEPWebDriverWrapper.java:141)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I searched for some solutions and got the following snippet to handled the issue</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>//Now the alert appears.  Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
    alert.accept();</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It works fine , but the alert popup appears in different instances (or different scenarios ) for which the alert cannot be handled in all blocks of code</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know if there is any common approach wherein i can disable this alert popup permanently through some firefox profile settings or anyother generic approaches</p>
  
  <p>I am using Selenium Java with browser as Firefox</p>