Selenium webdriver using switch_to_windows() and printing the title doesn't print the title.

Question

Here is the code

for handle in browser.window_handles:
    print "Handle = ",handle
    browser.switch_to_window(handle);
    elem = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("title")
    print elem.get_attribute("value")

I am getting the following output

Handle =  {564f8459-dd20-45b8-84bf-97c69f369738}
None
Handle =  {85338322-5e58-4445-8fe3-3e822d5a0caf}
None

After getting the handle I switch to the window and print the title. Why am I not seeing any title. Won't there be any titles? When I see the html source for the page I see the title tag though.

score 43 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '13 at 05:30

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driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[-1])
title=driver.title

You can do it simply use the code above. driver.window_handles[-1] would get the lastest window.

answered Mar 11 '13 at 05:30

Moxi Zhong

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You are a genius Moxi!! – Chris Hawkes Jun 13 '14 at 00:38
"minus one" is always the most recent opened window? – Juan Álvarez Arquillos Feb 10 '19 at 15:38
@JuanÁlvarezArquillos, no it's not. My browser opens the new tab immediately after the tab from which it was opened. – Tom Nov 11 '20 at 02:36

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '12 at 23:14

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The title of the page wouldn't be in a value attribute of a title element, it would be the text contents of that element.

The correct way to access that text would be browser.find_element_by_tag_name("title").text

Or even easier, just access browser.title.

answered Oct 28 '12 at 23:14

Acorn

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Can you please tell me how to get the contents? I basically want to check whether it is 404 Not found error or not. – Anand Oct 28 '12 at 23:17
Great now I am able to get the title. Thanks a lot. – Anand Oct 28 '12 at 23:23

Selenium webdriver using switch_to_windows() and printing the title doesn't print the title.

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