Opening a new tab in Capybara / Poltergeist

Question

I\'m trying to open a link by clicking on it using capybara/poltergeist which opens up in a new tab.

I can\'t seem to get it working.

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Answer 1

This is what worked for me using Capybara 3.33:

new_window = window_opened_by do
  click_link 'Go to external page'
end

within_window new_window do
  assert_current_path 'http://external-page.com/?q=lala'
end 

Answer 2

Right, as of Feb 5th 2014 and v1.6 of poltergeist, you can do this, as ...

@session.click_on "link_with_target _blank"

@session.switch_to_window(@session.windows.last)
#Do whatever you're doing
@session.current_window.close
@session.switch_to_window(@session.windows.first)

Hope that clears things up for somebody...

Answer 3

I did this with

page.switch_to_window(page.windows[0])

Maybe that's useful to someone.