- Tab is Similar to Window.
- There is no difference when handle New tab content in Selenium.
There is two ways to handle browser tabs in Selenium :
- Switch between two tabs using
sendKeys()Actions Class - Switch between two tabs using
switchTo()
Switch between two tabs using sendKeys() Actions Class
Scenario 1: Navigating left to right Tab
As we know we can switch tab manually by pressing “control + tab” keys
Selenium WebDriver Steps
- Create an Object of Action Class.
- Use keyDown method from Action Class to Press CONTROL key from Keyboard.
- Then send TAB 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();
Scenario 2: Navigating right to left Tab using Action Class
As we know we can switch tab manually by pressing “control +Shift+ tab” keys
Selenium WebDriver Steps
- Create an Object of Action Class.
- Use keyDown method from Action Class to Press CONTROL key from Keyboard.
- Use keyDown method from Action Class to Press SHIFT key from Keyboard.
- Then send TAB key using sendKeys.
- 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();
Example
package automationTestingLab;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
public class TabSwitch {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","F:\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://rahulshettyacademy.com/AutomationPractice/");
WebElement newTab = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@id='opentab']"));
newTab.click();
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
// Switch to First Tab
action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();
Thread.sleep(3000);
// Switch to Second Tab
action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();
driver.close();
}
}
Switch between two tabs using switchTo()
Selenium WebDriver Steps
- Store all currently open windows into Array List.
- 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.
package automationTestingLab;
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.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class TabHandle_SwitchTo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","F:\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://rahulshettyacademy.com/AutomationPractice/");
WebElement newTab = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@id='opentab']"));
// Store all currently open tabs in tabs
ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());
// Click on link to open in new tab
newTab.click();
// Switch newly open Tab
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0));
Thread.sleep(3000);
// Switch to old(Parent) tab.
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));
driver.close();
}
}
Automation Testing Lab 