Open link in a new window with Capybara

Question

In Capybara, is it possible to open a link in a new window, rather than the current one?

Answer 1

If this element is a link you can just get its href and open it in a new window:

url = find('.some_link')[:href]
within_window open_new_window do
  # do something
end

open_new_window has been added in Capybara 2.3