Open and close new tab with Selenium WebDriver in OS X

Question

I'm using the Firefox Webdriver in Python 2.7 on Windows to simulate opening (Ctrl+t) and closing (Ctrl + w) a new tab.

Here's my code:

from selenium import webdriver  
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('https://www.google.com')
main_window = browser.current_window_handle
# open new tab
browser.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 't')
browser.get('https://www.yahoo.com')

# close tab
browser.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'w')

How to achieve the same on a Mac? Based on this comment one should use browser.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.COMMAND + 't') to open a new tab but I don't have a Mac to test it and what about the equivalent of Ctrl-w?

Thanks!

close tab is Command + 'w'. You can think of command key as control key replacement. I guess you will have to borrow one from your friend to test your code... — JunYoung Gwak, Sep 20 '14 at 18:59

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '17 at 03:41

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open a new tab:

browser.get('http://www.google.com')

close a tab:

browser.close()

switch to a tab:

browser.swith_to_window(window_name)

answered Jun 30 '17 at 03:41

alien_frog

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+1 for browser.close(); I presumed this was to do trash collection on the browser object and did not realize it was a method for closing tabs – Steve Byrne Sep 28 '17 at 20:50
@StevenByrne Actually it will cause memory leak if you do not quit the process manually(for example, in python `sys.exit(0)`) after loop runs, no matter `driver.close()` or `driver.quit()`. – alien_frog Oct 09 '17 at 06:46
Sorry my bad. `driver.quit()` will prevent memory leak. And when you have only 1 tab, `driver.close()` is equal to `driver.quit()`. – alien_frog Oct 09 '17 at 06:56

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 15 '15 at 23:54

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There's nothing easier and clearer than just running JavaScript.

Open new tab: driver.execute_script("window.open('');")

edited Jan 15 '15 at 23:54

J0e3gan

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answered Jan 15 '15 at 23:47

Bek

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Hi thanks very much! But your command opens a new window, not a new tab. If you show me how to open a new tab with JS I'll accept your answer. – user2314737 Jan 16 '15 at 11:01

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '19 at 10:37

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You can choose which window you want to close：

window_name = browser.window_handles[0]

Switch window：

browser.switch_to.window(window_name=window_name)

Then close it：

browser.close()

answered Feb 23 '19 at 10:37

JayHung

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score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 03 '21 at 12:27

Just to combine the answers above for someone still curious. The below is based on Python 2.7 and a driver in Chrome.

Open new tab by: driver.execute_script("window.open('"+URL+"', '__blank__');") where URL is a string such as "http://www.google.com".

Close tab by: driver.close() [Note, this also doubles as driver.quit() when you only have 1 tab open].

Navigate between tabs by: driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[0]) and driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[1]).

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited May 14 '17 at 01:32

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Open new tab:

browser.execute_script("window.open('"+your url+"', '_blank')")

Switch to new tab:

browser.switch_to.window(windows[1])

edited May 14 '17 at 01:32

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answered May 13 '17 at 23:47

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NameError: name 'windows' is not defined – Aug 15 '17 at 21:12
`windows = browser.window_handles` – Parvat . R Aug 10 '21 at 03:55

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 02 '22 at 14:48

IMHO all the above answers didn't exactly solve the original problem of closing a tab in a window and not closing the entire window or opening a blank tab.

my solution:

browser.switch_to.window("tab1") #change the tab1 to the id of the tab you want to close
browser.execute_script("window.close('','_parent','');")

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 17 '23 at 05:47

This worked for me. When I was doing driver.close and not switching back to old window, the new tab was not closing [I am still not able to figure out why].

driver.execute_script("window.open('');") # Open an empty tab
driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[1]) # Switch to that tab (given you only have two tabs)
driver.get(new_tab_url) # Open url in the new tab
# Do your stuff here###

####################### 
driver.close() # close the new tab
driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[0]) #This step is also important, go back to your old tab (given you have only two tabs)

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