You can use a testng.xml file to help control the tests and browser used by Selenium in Tapestry. However, you have to tell Maven to look for the testng.xml file or it will ignore it. You do this by putting the following in your pom.xml -> build -> plugins:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.6</version> <configuration> <suiteXmlFiles> <suiteXmlFile>src/test/conf/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile> </suiteXmlFiles> </configuration> </plugin>