Selenium webdriver switchin tab

Question

I am unable to open google in new tab please review this code :

public static void main (String [] args) throws InterruptedException, AWTException
 {

 System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://Users//vbisht//Downloads//chromedriver.exe");
 WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();  
 driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in/");
 Robot r = new Robot();
 r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
 r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_T);
 //Thread.sleep(10000);
 //driver.navigate().refresh();*/
 ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
 driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1)); //switches to new tab
 driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in/");

Possible duplicate of [How to open a link in new tab (chrome) using Selenium WebDriver?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34829329/how-to-open-a-link-in-new-tab-chrome-using-selenium-webdriver) — eduPeeth, Jul 06 '18 at 11:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '18 at 12:09

String parentWindowHandler=driver.getWindowHandle();// Store your parent window
String subWindowHandler = null;
Set<String> handles = driver.getWindowHandles(); // get all window handles
Iterator<String> iterator = handles.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()){
  subWindowHandler = iterator.next();
}
driver.switchTo().window(subWindowHandler); // switch to popup window

Hope it will help you.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '18 at 13:15

Try the below code,

The code below will open the link in new Tab.

String selectLinkOpeninNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.RETURN); 
driver.findElement(By.linkText("urlLink")).sendKeys(selectLinkOpeninNewTab);

The code below will open empty new Tab.

String selectLinkOpeninNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"t");
driver.findElement(By.linkText("urlLink")).sendKeys(selectLinkOpeninNewTab);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 06 '18 at 13:17

Instead of using Robot Class, You can simply open it with Javascript Executor

public static void main (String [] args) throws InterruptedException, AWTException { System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://Users//vbisht//Downloads//chromedriver.exe"); 
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in/");
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.open()");
ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1)); //switches to new tab
driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in/");
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 07 '18 at 09:18

To open two different urls in two different TABs, once you initiate opening a new tab/window you have to induce WebDriverWait and then collect the window handles and finally iterate through the window handles and then switchTo().window(newly_opened) as per the following example:

Sample Code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe.exe");
WebDriver driver =  new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
String first_tab = driver.getWindowHandle();
System.out.println("Working on Google");
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.open('http://facebook.com/');");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,5);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.numberOfWindowsToBe(2));
Set<String> s1 = driver.getWindowHandles();
Iterator<String> i1 = s1.iterator();
while(i1.hasNext())
{
    String next_tab = i1.next();
    if (!first_tab.equalsIgnoreCase(next_tab))
    {
    driver.switchTo().window(next_tab);

    System.out.println("Working on Facebook");
    }
}

Console Output:
```
Working on Google
Working on Facebook
```

Selenium webdriver switchin tab

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