How to open a link in new tab (chrome) using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

System.setProperty(\"webdriver.chrome.driver\", \"D:\\\\softwares\\\\chromedriver_win32\\\\chromedriver.exe\");

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage         


        

Answer 1

There are multiple ways to open a link in new tab in using Selenium WebDriver.

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Usecase A: Opening an adjacent blank tab and iterating through an iterator

• Code Block:

  import java.util.Iterator;
  import java.util.Set;
  
  import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
  import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
  
  public class NewTab_blank_iterator {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) {
  
          System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\WebDrivers\\chromedriver.exe");
          ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
          options.addArguments("start-maximized");
          WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver(options); 
          driver.get("https://mail.google.com/");
          String firstWindowHandle = driver.getWindowHandle();
          System.out.println("First Window Handle is: "+firstWindowHandle);
          // Opening an adjacent blank tab
          ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open('','_blank');");
          new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.numberOfWindowsToBe(2));
          Set allWindowHandles = driver.getWindowHandles();
          // Using iterator
          Iterator itr = allWindowHandles.iterator();
          while(itr.hasNext()) {
              String nextWindow = itr.next();
              if(!firstWindowHandle.equalsIgnoreCase(nextWindow)) {
                  driver.switchTo().window(nextWindow);
                  System.out.println("New Tab Window Handle is: "+nextWindow);
              }
          }
      }
  }
  

• Console Output:

  First Window Handle is: CDwindow-0D89767363ED691767000F01E6712D0B
  New Tab Window Handle is: CDwindow-7232D2058514ED22344F129D30A0CCE7
  

• Browser Snapshot:

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Usecase B: Opening an adjacent tab with an url and and iterating through an iterator

• Code Block:

  import java.util.Iterator;
  import java.util.Set;
  
  import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
  import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
  
  public class NewTab_url_forLoop {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) {
  
          System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\WebDrivers\\chromedriver.exe");
          ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
          options.addArguments("start-maximized");
          WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver(options); 
          String url1 = "https://mail.google.com/";
          String url2 = "https://www.facebook.com/";
          driver.get(url1);
          String firstWindowHandle = driver.getWindowHandle();
          System.out.println("First Window Handle is: "+firstWindowHandle);
          // Opening Facebook in the adjacent TAB
          ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open('" + url2 +"');");
          new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.numberOfWindowsToBe(2));
          Set allWindowHandles = driver.getWindowHandles();
          // Using iterator
          Iterator itr = allWindowHandles.iterator();
          while(itr.hasNext()) {
              String nextWindow = itr.next();
              if(!firstWindowHandle.equalsIgnoreCase(nextWindow)) {
                  driver.switchTo().window(nextWindow);
                  System.out.println("New Tab Window Handle is: "+nextWindow);
              }
          }
      }
  }
  

• Console Output:

  First Window Handle is: CDwindow-01F5622275A2EA2C1ABE2F0CDEB3D09B
  New Tab Window Handle is: CDwindow-9E3349B91FB2FA4D5B7D4A90D0E87BD3
  

• Browser Snapshot: