With Capybara, how do I switch to the new window for links with “_blank” targets?

Question

Perhaps this isn\'t actually the issue I\'m experiencing, but it seems that when I \"click_link\" a link with target=\"_blank\", the session keeps the focus on the current w

Answer 1

The main implementation (window_opened_by) raises an error for me:

*** Capybara::WindowError Exception: block passed to #window_opened_by opened 0 windows instead of 1

So, I resolve it by this solution:

new_window = open_new_window

within_window new_window do
  visit(click_link 'Something')
end

page.driver.browser.window_handles
# => ["CDwindow-F7EF6D3C12B68D6B6A3DFC69C2790718", "CDwindow-9A026DEC65C3C031AF7D2BA12F28ADC7"]