Controlling firefox tabs in selenium

Question

According to the window_handles documentation:

window_handles

Returns the handles of all windows within the current session.<

Answer 1

Only the top level browser window has an HWND. Tabs don't have their own HWNDs. For more clarification refer here.

Answer 2

Selenium have a Handle for Windows not for tabs. you can also work on the tabs with some code like this

ArrayList<String> tabs2 = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
driver.switchTo().window(tabs2.get(0));

this will allow you to work on Tab 1 and

driver.switchTo().window(tabs2.get(1));

will allow you to work on the second tab.By this way you can handle tab in Browser.