How to open a new tab using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

How to open a new tab in the existing Firefox browser using Selenium WebDriver (a.k.a. Selenium 2)?

Answer 1

*JAVA

I recommend to using JavascriptExecutor:

• Open new blank window:

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.open()");

• Open new window with specific url:

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.open('https://google.com')");

Following import:

import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;