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

You can use the following code using Java with Selenium WebDriver:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL + "t");

By using JavaScript:

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();//FF or any other Driver
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jse.executeScript("window.open()");

After opening new tab it needs to switch to that tab:

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

Answer 2

Same example for nodejs:

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
...
driver = new webdriver.Builder().
                    withCapabilities(capabilities).
                    build();
...

driver.findElement(webdriver.By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(webdriver.Key.COMMAND + "t");

Answer 3

If you want to open the new tab you can use this

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

If you want to open the link from the new tab you can use this

with JavascriptExecutor:

 public void openFromNewTab(WebElement element){
            ((JavascriptExecutor)getDriver()).executeScript("window.open('"+element.getAttribute("href")+"','_blank');");
        }

with Actions:

 WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("your_xpath"));
 Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
        actions.keyDown(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL)
                .click(element)
                .keyUp(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL)
                .build()
                .perform();

Answer 4

//to open new tab in existing window
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"t");

Answer 5

This code working for me (selenium 3.8.1, chromedriver=2.34.522940, chrome=63.0):

public void openNewTabInChrome() {

    driver.get("http://www.google.com");

    WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Gmail"));
    Actions actionOpenLinkInNewTab = new Actions(driver);
    actionOpenLinkInNewTab.moveToElement(element)
            .keyDown(Keys.CONTROL) // MacOS: Keys.COMMAND
            .keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).click(element)
            .keyUp(Keys.CONTROL).keyUp(Keys.SHIFT).perform();


    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList(driver.getWindowHandles());
    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));
    driver.get("http://www.yahoo.com");
    //driver.close();
}

Answer 6

Try this for the FireFox browser.

/*  Open new tab in browser */
public void openNewTab()
{
    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"t");
    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));
}