opening a new tab in node.js selenium-webdriver

Question

I am trying to open a new tab using selenium-webdriver. But it opens the browser and stays there. It fails to open a new tab. What am I missing?

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),
  By = webdriver.By,
  until = webdriver.until;
  Keys = webdriver.Key;
  var driver = new webdriver.Builder()
   .forBrowser('firefox')
   .build();
  driver.get('https://google.com');
  driver.wait(until.titleIs('Google'), 5000);
  var selectLinkOpeninNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"t");  
  driver.findElement(By.css("body")).sendKeys(selectLinkOpeninNewTab);
  driver.quit();

Answer 1

AFAIK webdriver.Key.chord doesn't send key combinations events, so it couldn't be used in this way.

To open new tab try to use JavaScript.

Try below and let me know if it doesn't work as expected:

driver.executeScript('window.open("newURL");');

Answer 2

Note: This feature works with Selenium 4 and later versions.

// Opens a new tab and switches to new tab
await driver.switchTo().newWindow('tab');

// Opens a new window and switches to new window
await driver.switchTo().newWindow('window');

Source: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/en/webdriver/browser_manipulation/