How to close a single tab with Behat and Mink without closing all of the tabs?

Question

We have a test that is clicking a link, and going to the newly opened tab to check if it has gone to the right page. Is there a way to close this newly opened tab?

The step definitions currently look like this:

 /**
     * @Given /^the (?:|current )(?:url|page address|address|address of page) (?:should|does)(n\'t| not)? match "([^"]*)"$/
     */
    public
    function urlMatch($not, $compare)
    {
        $actual = $this->getSession()->getDriver()->getCurrentUrl();

        is_numeric(strpos($not, ' not')) || is_numeric(strpos($not, 'n\'t')) ? assertFalse(is_numeric(strpos($actual, $compare)), "Address is " . $compare) : assertTrue(is_numeric(strpos($actual, $compare)), "Address is " . $actual . ", not " . $compare);

    }

    /**
     * @Given /^(?:|.*)(?:A|a) new (?:window|tab)(?:|.*)$/
     */
    public
    function checkForNewWindow()
    {
        $windowNames = $this->getSession()->getWindowNames();
        if (count($windowNames) > 1) {
            return true;
        } else {
            throw new Exception("A new tab has not been opened");
        }
    }

    /**
     * @Given /^I switch to the new (?:window|tab)$/
     */
    public
    function switchToNewWindow()
    {
        $windowNames = $this->getSession()->getWindowNames();

        if (count($windowNames) > 1) {
            $this->getSession()->switchToWindow(end($windowNames));
        } else {
            throw new Exception("There is not a tab to switch to");
        }
    }

    /**
     * @Given /^I close the current (?:window|tab)(?:|.*)$/
     */
    public
    function closeCurrentWindow()
    {
        $window = $this->getSession()->getWindowName();
        $this->getSession()->stop($window);

    }

The final one of which does not work, as it simply stops the entire session.

Any suggestions?

As far as I'm aware this has not been solved just yet, because it needs Javascript to be enabled. [Here](https://github.com/minkphp/Mink/issues/620) is the link to the open issue in Mink. — hasumedic, Feb 24 '16 at 14:36
How about a way to send CMD + W to chromedriver? That might work, because that is the shortcut to close tabs on Mac OSX... — KyleFairns, Mar 07 '16 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 22:01

If you have a Mink session that supports executing JavaScript code you can close the current tab with the following step.

/**
 * @Given /^I close the current (?:window|tab)$/
 */
public function closeCurrentWindow()
{
    $this->getSession()->executeScript("window.open('','_self').close();");
}

For a discussion on what piece of JavaScript code works best in which browser, go there: How to close current tab in a browser window?

How to close a single tab with Behat and Mink without closing all of the tabs?

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