Selenium WebDriver: Open new tab instead of a new window

Question

I am using Selenium WebDriver. Every link is opened in a new browser window. It is not convenient for me. How can I change it so that it opens just in new tab?

Answer 1

Selenium has no ability to switch tabs at the moment. Because of this we force the browser to open links in new windows but since we are able to switch windows we force the browser to take the approach. This may be fixed in a later version