Geb test ignoring GebConfig.groovy file launched in IntelliJ - intellij-idea

Question

Running in IntelliJ IDEA.
GebConfig.groovy is in /src/test/resources.
I am using the Chrome driver.
When I type
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "my/path")
inside my spec file, and I right click and select run, the test works, meaning it opens Chrome and loads the page.
When I don't do that in the spec file, but just leave it in the GebConfig.groovy file, I get the error message "the page to the driver executable must be set".
There's an air-gap, so I can't copy-paste; I'll type as much as I can here:
GebConfig.groovy:
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
...
environments {
chrome {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "my/path")
driver = {new ChromeDriver()}
}
}
The spec file is really simple, like the example on GitHub
import LoginPage
import geb.spock.GebReportSpec
class LoginSpec extends GebReportSpec
{
// Works when I put this here, but I should not have to do this!
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "my/path")
def "user can log in" () {
when: "log in as me"
def loginPage = to LoginPage
loginPage.login("me")
then:
....
}
}

Answer 1

To fix your problem if you want to keep the path in the geb config, setting the path outside of the environment section like so should work:
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "my/path")
//You can also set the driver up here as a default and running with an environment set will override it
driver = {new ChromeDriver()}
environments {
chrome {
driver = {new ChromeDriver()}
}
}
Personally I would avoid adding the driver path to the geb config and create a run configuration in intelliJ for running locally.
Right click the spec file > Click "Create 'nameOfMySpec'".
Now add your driver path to the VM parameters:
-Dgeb.env=chrome -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=my/path
It's also worth considering a shell script that could then also be called via Jenkins etc:
mvn test -Dgeb.env=chrome -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=my/path