Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--use-wayland-explicit-grab

What does --use-wayland-explicit-grab do?

Use explicit grab when opening popup windows. See https://crbug.com/1220274

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --use-wayland-explicit-grab using CLI

chrome --use-wayland-explicit-grab

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --use-wayland-explicit-grab using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--use-wayland-explicit-grab']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --use-wayland-explicit-grab using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--use-wayland-explicit-grab']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --use-wayland-explicit-grab using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--use-wayland-explicit-grab')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)