Stop selenium from opening a new window when clicking on a link

Question

I am exporting my selenium test to python and running the test using the shell. I get to a certain point where I click on a link and the web-driver then opens a completely new Firefox window and then I get an error saying that the driver can't find the input option on the page. I think the problem is that when it opens the new window the driver is not running on the new window, which is why it can't find the input option. How do I get the script to stay on the same window or switch it's focus to the new window?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't know how to do it in python, but there should be a function to switch to a new window.

In Java, I do this:

Set<String> availableWindows = driver.getWindowHandles();
for (String windowHandle : availableWindows) {
    driver.switchTo().window(windowHandle);
    if (getTitle().contains(TITLE_TO_MATCH)){
           driver.manage().window().maximize();
            return;
    }
}

(The function want is driver.switchTo().window(NameOrHandle))