# Open Selenium Instance

This action is used to open a Selenium based browser instance. An internal reference object is created to be used to indicate this particular resource (type TAPSeleniumInstance). This variable/reference will be used in all subsequent Selenium-based actions.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Instance**: the TAPSeleniumInstance variable used to reference this instance
* **URL**: the URL to which the instance should be opened to
* **Browser**: the type of browser instance to be created. Chrome and Edge are supported currently.&#x20;

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely.&#x20;

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Open a new browser instance for automation