Access a new window - cypress.io

Question

Accessing new windows via Cypress is intentionally not supported.

However, there are many ways this functionality can be tested in Cypress now. You can split up your tests into separate pieces and still have confidence that your application is covered.

1. Write a test to check that when performing the action in your app, the window.open event is called by using cy.spy() to listen for a window.open event.

cy.visit('http://localhost:3000', {
  onBeforeLoad(win) {
    cy.stub(win, 'open')
  }
})

// Do the action in your app like cy.get('.open-window-btn').click()

cy.window().its('open').should('be.called')

2. In a new test, use cy.visit() to go to the url that would have opened in the new window, fill in the fields and click the buttons like you would in a Cypress test.

cy.visit('http://localhost:3000/new-window')

// Do the actions you want to test in the new window

Fully working test example can be found here.

I am not cypress expert, just started using it few days ago, but I figured out this kind solution for stateful application with dynamic link:

// Get window object
cy.window().then((win) => {
  // Replace window.open(url, target)-function with our own arrow function
  cy.stub(win, 'open', url => 
  {
    // change window location to be same as the popup url
    win.location.href = Cypress.config().baseUrl + url;
  }).as("popup") // alias it with popup, so we can wait refer it with @popup
})

// Click button which triggers javascript's window.open() call
cy.get("#buttonWhichOpensPopupWithDynamicUrl").click()

// Make sure that it triggered window.open function call
cy.get("@popup").should("be.called")

// Now we can continue integration testing for the new "popup tab" inside the same tab

Is there any better way to do this?

// We can remove the offending attribute - target='_blank'
      // that would normally open content in a new tab.
      cy.get('#users').invoke('removeAttr', 'target').click()

      // after clicking the <a> we are now navigated to the
      // new page and we can assert that the url is correct
      cy.url().should('include', 'users.html')

Cypress - tab handling anchor links

Here's a solution i'm using on my project based on "Cypress using child window"

Cypress Window Helpers (aka. Cypress Tab Helpers) They're really popup-windows or child-windows, but i call them tabs for api brevity

cy.openTab(url, opts)
cy.tabVisit(url, window_name)
cy.switchToTab(tab_name)
cy.closeTab(index_or_name) - pass nothing to close active tab
cy.closeAllTabs() - except main root window

I was recently faced with this issue as well - url for the new tab is dynamic, so I don't know what it is. After much searching, some trial and error, and input from co-workers, resolved by doing the following:

// AFTER cy.visit()
cy.window().then((win) => {
  cy.spy(win, 'open').as('windowOpen'); // 'spy' vs 'stub' lets the new tab still open if you are visually watching it
});
// perform action here [for me it was a button being clicked that eventually ended in a window.open]
// verify the window opened
// verify the first parameter is a string (this is the dynamic url) and the second is _blank (opens a new window)
cy.get('@windowOpen').should('be.calledWith', Cypress.sinon.match.string, '_blank');