How to open new tab and enter address into it using webdriver

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I want to open www.google.com in one tab and then open new tab and open www.facebook.com
I am using Below code but it open facebook in first tab

driver.get("www.google.com");    
driver.findElement(By.tagName("Body")).sendKeys(keys.CONTROL + "t");//opens new tab  
driver.get("www.facebook.com");//but load facebook in first tab i.e on google page

Is this because I am using same name driver.get??

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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If the code to open the new tab worked, you can use driver.switchTo().window() to switch to the newly opened tab (as seen here).

But If the tab didn't open, Selenium does not provide any mechanism to do this, so you have to implement around it (like using the java.awt.Robot class)

You should also consider just using two different instances of the WebDriver and run both your sites in its own window

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Sep 30 '13 at 07:54

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Thnks..but what i need to pass to window() – user2795446 Sep 30 '13 at 09:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '13 at 07:40

Use java awt Robot class as below.

          driver.get("http://www.google.com");    
          Robot r = new Robot();        
          r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
          r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_T);
          r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
          r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_T);
          driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");

How to open new tab and enter address into it using webdriver

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