Send keys control + click in Selenium with Python bindings

Question

I need to open link in new tab using Selenium.

So is it possible to perform ctrl+click on element in Selenium to open it in new tab?

Answer 1

Two possible solutions:

opening a new tab

self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
self.driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.COMMAND + 't') 

this is the solution for MAC OSX. In other cases you can use the standard Keys.CONTROL + 't'

opening a new webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox() #1st window
second_driver = webdriver.Firefox() #2nd windows