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I need to open link in new tab using Selenium.
So is it possible to perform ctrl+click on element in Selenium to open it in new tab?
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We can type Enter/Return key in Selenium. We shall use the sendKeys method and pass Keys. ENTER as an argument to the method.
When a user presses single or multiple keys, keyboard events generate. Selenium provides various ways to automate these Keyboard Events, a few of which are: Automate keyboard events using the sendKeys() method of WebElement class.
In order to carry out this action, we need to first press the ctrl key downwards and simultaneously press C key. These two steps can be automated by key_down() method and can only be used along with Shift, Alt and Control keys.
Use an ActionChain with key_down to press the control key, and key_up to release it:
import time from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys driver = webdriver.Chrome() driver.get('http://google.com') element = driver.find_element_by_link_text('About') ActionChains(driver) \ .key_down(Keys.CONTROL) \ .click(element) \ .key_up(Keys.CONTROL) \ .perform() time.sleep(10) # Pause to allow you to inspect the browser. driver.quit() If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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