Python Selenium - Cannot close tab using google shortcuts

Question

I am working on a little selenium project, but I got some issues.

So what I need to do is to click on a link to open it in a new tab, and whenever I have taken the information I need to close that tab and go into the next one. driver.close() does not work as it gives me the error: Message: no such window: target window already closed. So I intstead tried this (saw this while researching): driver.find_element_by_tag_name('html').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'w'), and I also tried with adding Keys.F4, but nothing worked.

It seems to work for other people, so why not for me?

Code:

def cpuFunc():
    i = 0
    print("Launching CPU")
    cpu = webdriver.Chrome('chromedriver.exe',options=option)
    cpu.get('https://www.komplett.se/category/11204/datorutrustning/datorkomponenter/processor')
    cpu.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/form/div/div[1]/button').click()
    #while i < 10:
    #    cpu.find_element_by_tag_name('html').send_keys(Keys.END)
    #    i += 1
    #    time.sleep(0.5)
    #print("At bottom: CPU")
    cpu.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + Keys.HOME)
    time.sleep(0.5)
    link = cpu.find_element_by_xpath(f'/html/body/main/div/div[2]/div[5]/div[2]/form/div[1]/a')
    ActionChains(cpu).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).click(link).key_up(Keys.CONTROL).perform()
    time.sleep(1)
    window = cpu.window_handles[-1]
    cpu.switch_to.window(window)
    title = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/section/div/section/div[1]/h1/span").text
    price = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/section/div/section/div[3]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span").text
    btn = cpu.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/button')
    time.sleep(0.5)
    cpu.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", btn)
    core = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[2]/td").text
    thread = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[3]/td").text
    cache = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[4]/td").text
    clock = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[7]/td").text
    turbo = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[8]/td").text
    socket = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[9]/td").text
    wattage = cpu.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[2]/main/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/section[2]/div/div/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[10]/td").text
    cpu.find_element_by_tag_name('html').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'w') # Here it shall close
    time.sleep(60000)
enter code here

similar question here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29502255/is-there-a-way-to-close-a-tab-in-webdriver-or-protractor — Mario Abbruscato, Jan 17 '21 at 14:59

Jiya · Answer 1 · 2021-01-17T16:12:36.260

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You can simply use ActionChains & Keys.

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

If MacOs:

step_1 = ActionChains(cpu)
step_1.send_keys(Keys.COMMAND + 'w')

If Windows:

step_1 = ActionChains(cpu)
step_1.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'w')

Hope it helps, if issues please comment.

edited Jan 17 '21 at 16:12

answered Jan 17 '21 at 15:29

Jiya

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Does not work for me, its so strange. I will try a few other methods I found and try to use latest chromedriver (using latest version gave me errors last time I tried). – simon sjöö Jan 17 '21 at 15:36
what version of chrome and chrome driver are you using? – Jiya Jan 17 '21 at 15:51
87.0.4280.88 @jiya – simon sjöö Jan 17 '21 at 16:00
Nope, trying with chromedriver 88 does not work for me and `step_1.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'w')` doesn't do anything :/ – simon sjöö Jan 17 '21 at 16:47
Just tried Chromedriver 88 and it's not working for me as well... have you tried 87? for me, it's working like a charm in 87 – Jiya Jan 17 '21 at 17:13
yeah I am using 87 right now. But it does not close the window. I've tried to use a different website and a brand new py file with only that. I will be trying with firefox soon to see if that works. – simon sjöö Jan 17 '21 at 19:35
No luck on firefox either. – simon sjöö Jan 17 '21 at 19:44
wouldn't there be a `.perform()` at the end of the `ActionChain` to make it run? – yyforbidden Jan 18 '21 at 01:18

Arundeep Chohan · Answer 2 · 2021-01-18T01:27:03.887

Driver.close() worked for me after also fixed a lot of those full xpaths which are easily breakable and added webdriver waits for stability in finding elements.

wait = WebDriverWait(cpu, 10)
cpu.get('https://www.komplett.se/category/11204/datorutrustning/datorkomponenter/processor')
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@class='btn-large primary'][@type='submit']"))).click()
link = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "form > div:nth-child(1) > a")))
ActionChains(cpu).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).click(link).key_up(Keys.CONTROL).perform()
time.sleep(1)
window = cpu.window_handles[-1]
cpu.switch_to.window(window)
title = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.product-main-info__info > h1 > span"))).text
price = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.product-price > span"))).text
print(title,price)
btn = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "section.product-section.technical-details.col-xs-12 > button")))
btn.click()
table2 = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "table:nth-child(2) > tbody")))
core = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[2]/td").text
thread = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[3]/td").text
cache = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[4]/td").text
clock = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[7]/td").text
turbo = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[8]/td").text
socket = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[9]/td").text
wattage = table2.find_element_by_xpath("./tr[10]/td").text
cpu.close()
print(core,thread,cache,clock,turbo,socket,wattage)

Import

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait 
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Oh wow, thank you so much! Will give this a try and explore a bit with the code you sent. Again, thanks! — simon sjöö, Jan 19 '21 at 01:04

Python Selenium - Cannot close tab using google shortcuts

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