I am trying to open a new tab in IE 11 by clicking on a link but instead it opens a new window for when clicking on a link. I googled for proper way of doing it but cant figure out how to achive that. Can any one please help?
While clicking manually link opens in a tab but when doing in by selenium it opens a new window.
I am not adding any code as there is not much to add . I clicked link element using webElement.click() and i have disabled persistentHover in driver capability and I am using selenium with java.
String openInNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.RETURN);
webElement.sendKeys(openInNewTab);
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As per Difference between webdriver.Dispose(), .Close() and .Quit()
driver.close closes the current active window where driver.quit closes all of the windows. What I get is if I opened a new tab in my current window and then called driver.close the whole windows including my tabs would close. But when I run that code
driver.get("http://testingpool.com/selenium-ide-part-1/");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='content']/div[2]/article/div/div[2]/div[1]/p[8]/span/a")).click(); //opens a new tab
ArrayList<String> allWindowHandles = new ArrayList<> (driver.getWindowHandles());
driver.close()
only the first tabs gets closed. Also I find that my allWindowHandles has length of 2 although I have only one window.
I was trying to open a new window using Selenium as per https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-open-a-new-window-on-a-browser-using-selenium-webdriver-for-python using
((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open('')");
but that resulted in a new tab not a new window.
I am confused if Selenium differentiates between a tab and a window at all or not.
With the terminology used to distinguish between driver.close() and driver.quit() methods supported by Selenium WebDriver in the post you are referencing to, they actually mostly mean browser tabs, not windows.
By opening a new browser window with
((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open('')");
or by clicking on some web element opening a new browser tab/window is will normally open a new tab in the existing browser.
What I get is if I opened a new tab in my current window and then
called driver.close the whole window including my tabs would close.
But when I run that code
See you may have opened a new tab by clicking on link or using JavascriptExecutor but Selenium still has focus on first tab of the first window.
Therefore, when you do this:
ArrayList<String> allWindowHandles = new ArrayList<> (driver.getWindowHandles());
driver.close()
It should close the first tab or window, since you have not switched to new tab/window.
Also I find that my allWindowHandles has length of 2
this is cause you have opened a new tab using this line
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='content']/div[2]/article/div/div[2]/div[1]/p[8]/span/a")).click(); //opens a new tab
the moment you open a new tab by clicking on a link or Using JavascriptExecutor, you will have +1 windows handle.
However, if you do not switch to any tab or window/s. Selenium will always have focus on first tab of the first window.
Also, window.open('') is Js command not Selenium.
there is a difference between a new tab or windows. But if you take Selenium into consideration, We switch to new tab or windows in a same way.
However to open a new window, you would have to simulate CTRL+N keyboard action.
When a link is clicked manually in my application, it opens in new tab in Chrome and IE.However when my script is run, the link opens in a new window in IE instead of new tab. Same script runs as expected in Chrome.
Has anyone faced this issue?
When a link is clicked, I understand your test script has code to just do
element.click()
which opens the link in new tab.
If yes, its upto the app code to open in a new tab or new window. and if it is working in Chrome and not in IE, its nothing to do with your Selenium Test script.
You got to check with your developer to troubleshoot it. I hope it answers your query.
I am using selenium web driver using phpunit, the problem I am facing right now is that I have a link button and when I click this button the current link is opened in a new page and I have no idea about how to oen the currently opened new page, can some one help me about how can I code in PHPUnit to open the currently new opened page
Use "WindowHandles" in PHPunit function
Here is the solution to navigate between the tabs:
If there are two opened tabs in your browser and you want to switch to the next tab, below code will work:
$window_handles = $this->windowHandles();
$this->window($window_handles[1]);
And if you want to switch back to the previous tab just change the index as shown below :
$window_handles = $this->windowHandles();
$this->window($window_handles[0]);
For some of the web links on our page, there are external links which direct the user to say Facebook and Twitter. The links use the HMTL tag target="_blank" so that a new browser tab is opened for our Twitter page.
I would like to verify 1. the new browser tab is open, 2. set focus to it and 3. validate page elements in the new browser tab. The #3 part would be easy enough, once I get focus on it. Tasks #1 and #2 though, I can't figure out, nor can I find anyone talking about this.
Using Selenium2Library (WebDriver)
Selenium does not support tabs (as of June 2013, Selenium 2.33.0) and always opens new windows instead. If your test opens a new tab, good luck to you.
That said, if it correctly opens a new window, use Select Window.
Select Window | url=https://twitter.com/expectedPage
My working WebDriver (2.33.0) code in Java, hopefully it will help a little. The problems you are describing are where my Robot knowledge begins to fall off.
#Test
public void targetBlankLinkTest() {
// load the website and make sure only one window is opened
driver.get(file("TargetBlankLinkTest.html"));
assertEquals(1, driver.getWindowHandles().size());
// click the link and assert that a new window has been opened
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Follow us on Twitter!")).click();
Set<String> windowHandles = driver.getWindowHandles();
assertEquals(2, windowHandles.size());
// switch to the new window and do whatever you like
// (Java doesn't have Switch Window functionality that can select by URL.
// I could write it, but have been using this trick instead)
for (String handle : windowHandles) {
if (handle != driver.getWindowHandle()) {
driver.switchTo().window(handle);
}
}
assertThat(driver.getCurrentUrl(), containsString("twitter.com"));
}
if you want to verify if a new tab has opened or not then you can just compare the window handles before and after clicking a link/element which opens a new tab. Just follow this code might help you.
Here ${LINKDIN} is the element which opens in new tab. so before clicking on it save the window handles in variable and after clicking the element again save the window handle in a variable. now if a new is tab is opened then both the variable value will be different and if no new tab is opened then both variable value is same.in this way you can verify the ne wtab opening.
Go Back
${Current_window} List Windows
Click Element ${LINKDIN}
${New_Windows_list} List Windows
Should Not Be Equal ${Current_window} ${New_Windows_list}
Using Robot Selenium2Library keywords :
#{windows} = List Windows
${numWindows} = Get Length ${windows}
${indexLast} = Evaluate ${numWindows}-1
Should Be True ${numWindows} > 1
Select Window #{windows}[${indexLast}]
Location Should Contain /my/url/whatever
Title Should Be myTitle
Page Should Contain ...
You get the idea.
I recommend:
1. First, acquire new window handle by using the switchTo() method.
2. Then bring that window into focus using a JavaScriptExecutor:
((JavascriptExecutor) myTestDriver).executeScript("window.focus();");
Using switchTo() without a javascript executor to get focus , is not
very reliable in my opinion.
3. Next, do what you need to do in that window.
4. Use driver.close() to close that window.
5. Verify you are back at the parent window with focus.
U can use below code to set focus on new window:
Click element ${a_link_which_opensin_newtab}
Select window New
now u can perform your actions on new tab. If u want to switch back the main tab then use
Select window Main
One of my application after clicking continue button refreshes and opens in a new tab and closes the old tab that had continue button.
Is there anyway that we can select the new tab as the current window and move forward?
I used the following code which didn't work.
selenium.select("");
selenium.select(null);
Any help would be appreciated.
There is an additional option for selenium server. You can add -singlewindow parameter when you are starting selenium server. This parameter will force selenium to open all pages in the same frame. Please look here for more details: http://seleniumhq.org/docs/05_selenium_rc.html#server-options
Best Regards
Pawel