How can I do a Ctrl+Click on protractor?

Question

I have tried weird combination as the following, but none of them are working:

var ptor = protractor.getInstance();
ptor.actions().mouseMove(node).keyDown(ptor.Key.CTRL).sendKeys(ptor.Key.CLICK).perform();

Answer 1

You need to chain mouseMove(), keyDown() and click():

var elm = element(by.id('my_id'));

browser.actions()
    .mouseMove(elm)
    .keyDown(protractor.Key.CONTROL)  // COMMAND for Mac 
    .click()
    .perform();

Tested it on Chrome by clicking on a link - opens up a link in a new tab.

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Note that, starting with protractor 1.5, there is a global browser object that should be used instead of protractor.getInstance(), see Breaking Changes.