Note- open link in new tab using sendKeys() method by passing arg as 'T'. Then press CONTROL+TAB key to go to new tab. Then press CONTROL+F4 to close new tab.
Please refer the below example-
import java.awt.AWTException;
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.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
public class NewTab {
public static void main(String[] args) throws AWTException, InterruptedException {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://selenium-makeiteasy.blogspot.in/search/label/Interview%20Ques-Ans%20for%20Automation%20Tester");
Actions act = new Actions(driver);
WebElement link = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='How to improve performance of the script in selenium webdriver?']"));
act.moveToElement(link).contextClick().sendKeys("T").perform(); //open link in new tab
act.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.TAB)).perform();//switch to new tab by pressing control+tab
Thread.sleep(3000); // simply wait for 3sec to see new tab open or not
act.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.F4)).perform(); //press control+f4 to close tab
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='Show all posts']")).click(); //click on a 'Show all posts' link of main tab to confirm we are in main tab
}
}
Please refer the below example-
import java.awt.AWTException;
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.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
public class NewTab {
public static void main(String[] args) throws AWTException, InterruptedException {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://selenium-makeiteasy.blogspot.in/search/label/Interview%20Ques-Ans%20for%20Automation%20Tester");
Actions act = new Actions(driver);
WebElement link = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='How to improve performance of the script in selenium webdriver?']"));
act.moveToElement(link).contextClick().sendKeys("T").perform(); //open link in new tab
act.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.TAB)).perform();//switch to new tab by pressing control+tab
Thread.sleep(3000); // simply wait for 3sec to see new tab open or not
act.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.F4)).perform(); //press control+f4 to close tab
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='Show all posts']")).click(); //click on a 'Show all posts' link of main tab to confirm we are in main tab
}
}