Switch tabs using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Question

Using Selenium WebDriver with Java. I am trying to automate a functionality where I have to open a new tab do some operations there and come back to previous tab (Parent). I used switch handle but it's not working. And one strange thing the two tabs are having same window handle due to which I am not able to switch between tabs.

However when I am trying with different Firefox windows it works, but for tab it's not working.

How can I switch tabs? Or, how can I switch tabs without using window handle as window handle is same of both tabs in my case?

(I have observed that when you open different tabs in same window, window handle remains same)

Answer 1

    psdbComponent.clickDocumentLink();     ArrayList<String> tabs2 = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());     driver.switchTo().window(tabs2.get(1));     driver.close();     driver.switchTo().window(tabs2.get(0)); 

This code perfectly worked for me. Try it out. You always need to switch your driver to new tab, before you want to do something on new tab.

Answer 2

This is a simple solution for opening a new tab, changing focus to it, closing the tab and return focus to the old/original tab:

@Test public void testTabs() {     driver.get("https://business.twitter.com/start-advertising");     assertStartAdvertising();      // considering that there is only one tab opened in that point.     String oldTab = driver.getWindowHandle();     driver.findElement(By.linkText("Twitter Advertising Blog")).click();     ArrayList<String> newTab = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());     newTab.remove(oldTab);     // change focus to new tab     driver.switchTo().window(newTab.get(0));     assertAdvertisingBlog();      // Do what you want here, you are in the new tab      driver.close();     // change focus back to old tab     driver.switchTo().window(oldTab);     assertStartAdvertising();      // Do what you want here, you are in the old tab }  private void assertStartAdvertising() {     assertEquals("Start Advertising | Twitter for Business", driver.getTitle()); }  private void assertAdvertisingBlog() {     assertEquals("Twitter Advertising", driver.getTitle()); }