How to open a link in new tab (chrome) using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

System.setProperty(\"webdriver.chrome.driver\", \"D:\\\\softwares\\\\chromedriver_win32\\\\chromedriver.exe\");

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage         


        

Answer 1

this below code works for me in Selenium 3 and chrome version 58.

    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.get("http://yahoo.com");  
    ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open()");
    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());
    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));
    driver.get("http://google.com");

Answer 2

You can open multiple browser or a window by using below code:

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("http://yahoo.com");  

WebDriver driver1 = new ChromeDriver();
driver1.get("google.com");

WebDriver driver2 = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver2.get("google.com/gmap");

Answer 3

I had used the below code to open a new tab in the browser using C# selenium..

IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;

js.ExecuteScript("window.open();");

Answer 4

for clicking on the link which expected to be opened from new tab use this

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); 
driver.get("https://www.yourSite.com"); 
WebElement link=driver.findElement(By.xpath("path_to_link")); 

Actions actions = new Actions(driver); 
actions.keyDown(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
       .click(element) 
       .keyUp(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
       .build() 
       .perform(); 

ArrayList<String> tab = new ArrayList<>(driver.getWindowHandles()); 
driver.switchTo().window(tab.get(1));

Answer 5

If you can get the link element you can use this. It will also take you to the tab that you have opened.

WebElement link= driver.findElement(By.tagname("a"));  
String keyString =   Keys.CONTROL+Keys.SHIFT.toString()+Keys.ENTER.toString());
link.sendKeys(keyString);

Answer 6

First open empty new Tab by using the keys Ctrl + t and then use .get() to fetch the URL you want. Your code should look something like this -

String selectLinkOpeninNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"t");
driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(selectLinkOpeninNewTab);

driver.get("www.facebook.com");

If you want to open a link on the current view in a new tab then the code you've written above can be used. Instead of By.linkText() make sure you use the appropriate By selector class to select the web element.