How can I emulate a middle button mouse click in selenium with javascript

Question

I want to emulate a middle button mouse click on a text URL on a page so it will open on a new tab, in Selenium coding in JavaScript.

For example:

await driver.get("https://google.com");

//thats the xpath for the 'terms' text url
await driver.findElement(By.xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[5]/div[2]/div[2]/a[2]')).click();

that should click on `terms`, what is your expected outcome ? — cruisepandey, Aug 03 '21 at 08:26
My expected outcome is to click on terms as 'middle button mouse click' so it opens the terms in a new tab — Adam Norman, Aug 03 '21 at 08:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '21 at 08:27

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here is some code that is not direct solution but might lead you to real solution look (How to detect middle mouse button click?)[here]

answered Aug 03 '21 at 08:27

Alex

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '21 at 08:41

Ok I found a solution

I can just send 2 keys on the element which is ctrl & enter

 await driver.get("https://google.com");
 //thats the xpath for the 'terms' text URL
 await driver.findElement(By.xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[5]/div[2]/div[2]/a[2]')).sendKeys(Key.CONTROL, Key.ENTER);

How can I emulate a middle button mouse click in selenium with javascript

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