How to close the current tab of the browser in protractor with out closing the complete browser

Question

In the application i have two options "Google , Twitter" . When i click on any option it will open in new tab.

In my test case , i would like to click on go

Answer 1

You can try the following:

Switch to the new opened tab. Close the current windows (in this case, the new tab). Switch back to the first window.

browser.getAllWindowHandles().then((handles) => {
    browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[1]);
    browser.driver.close();
    browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
});

Answer 2

I did and this and it works for me :

  browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function(handles) {
  let newWindowHandle = handles[1]; // this is your new window
  browser.switchTo().window(newWindowHandle).then(function() {
    browser.close();
    browser.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
  });
});

Answer 3

This is how I used it in one project.

    const allWindowHandlers = await browser.getAllWindowHandles();

        if (allWindowHandlers.length > 1) {
          for (let windowHandlerIndex = 1; windowHandlerIndex < allWindowHandlers.length; windowHandlerIndex++) {
            const windowHandler = allWindowHandlers[windowHandlerIndex];
            await browser.switchTo().window(windowHandler);
            await browser.close();
          }
        }

    await browser.switchTo().window(allWindowHandlers[0]);

You can use it inside your steps implementation.

You can use it before starting a new scenario, to be sure that only the first window is selected and everything else is closed.