SELENIUM Window Tab Handle Using Selenium WebDriver

Window Tab Handle Using Selenium:

Tab is Similar to Window.

There is no difference with regards to Selenium.

New tab content is the same as automating the window.

WebDriver Software Automation Testing Tool does not have any built-in method that we can use to open new tabs.

We can do the same thing to open a new tab in the Selenium WebDriver.

Ways to Window Tab Handle Using Selenium:

Switch between two tabs using switchTo()
Switch between two tabs using sendKeys Actions

1. Switch between two tabs using switchTo():

Scenarios of Below Code:

Store all currently open windows into ArrayList.

Then switch to Newly open Tab using switchTo().

If you perform action on Newly open tab & you don’t want to perform any operation on this Tab then close this Tab.

Switch back into main Tab.

// Store all currently open tabs in tabs
ArrayList&lt;String&gt; tabs = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt; (driver.getWindowHandles());

// Switch newly open Tab
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));

// Close newly open tab after performing some operations.
driver.close();

// Switch to old(Parent) tab.
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));

// Store all currently open tabs in tabs

ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());

// Switch newly open Tab

driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));

// Close newly open tab after performing some operations.

driver.close();

// Switch to old(Parent) tab.

driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));

Example of Switch between two tabs using switchTo():

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Tab_Handle_SwitchTo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\geckodriver.exe");

		WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

		driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

		// Store all currently open tabs in tabs
		ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());

		// Click on link to open in new tab
		driver.findElement(By.id("Url_Link")).click();

		// Switch newly open Tab
		driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));

		// Perform some operation on Newly open tab
		// Close newly open tab after performing some operations.
		driver.close();

		// Switch to old(Parent) tab.
		driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));

	}

}

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Tab_Handle_SwitchTo {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\geckodriver.exe");

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

// Store all currently open tabs in tabs

ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());

// Click on link to open in new tab

driver.findElement(By.id("Url_Link")).click();

// Switch newly open Tab

driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));

// Perform some operation on Newly open tab

// Close newly open tab after performing some operations.

driver.close();

// Switch to old(Parent) tab.

driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));

}

2. Switch between two tabs using sendKeys Action Class:

Navigating left to right Tab using Action Class:

Create an Instance / Object of Action Class.

Use keyDown method from Action Class to Press CONTROL key from KeyBoard.

Then send TAB keyboard key using sendKeys.

Then use .build().perform() to perform switch Tab action.

Actions action= new Actions(driver);

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

Actions action= new Actions(driver);

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

Navigating right to left Tab using Action Class:

Create an Instance / Object of Action Class to switch between Tab.

Use keyDown method from Action Class to Press CONTROL key from KeyBoard.

Then send TAB keyboard key using sendKeys to switch Tab.

Then use .build().perform() to perform switch Tab action.

Actions action= new Actions(driver);

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

Actions action= new Actions(driver);

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

Example of Switch between two tabs using Actions:

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

public class Tab_Handle_Actions {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\geckodriver.exe");

		WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

		driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

		Actions action = new Actions(driver);

		// Switch to Second Tab
		action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

		// Switch to First Tab
		action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

	}

}

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

public class Tab_Handle_Actions {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\geckodriver.exe");

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

Actions action = new Actions(driver);

// Switch to Second Tab

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

// Switch to First Tab

action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();

}

Scenarios of Below Code:

Set geckodriver path.

Launch Broswser.

Store current Tab location into string using getWindowHandle.

Store All existing Tab’s location into string using getWindowHandles.

Using For Each loop store all Tabs into string.

Verify Current Tab with all existing Tabs.

If Current Tab match between existing tab then Skip this step.

If not match found then SwitchTo another Tab.

Example of Switch between two tabs using For Each Loop:

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Tab_Handle_ForEach {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","D:\\geckodriver.exe");

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

String currentTab = driver.getWindowHandle();

for (String tab : driver.getWindowHandles()) {

         if (!tab.equals(currentTab)) {

         driver.switchTo().window(tab);

         // Perform operation on new Tab

         }

      }

   }

}

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Tab_Handle_ForEach {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","D:\\geckodriver.exe");

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

String currentTab = driver.getWindowHandle();

for (String tab : driver.getWindowHandles()) {

if (!tab.equals(currentTab)) {

driver.switchTo().window(tab);

// Perform operation on new Tab

}

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