Open and close new tab with Selenium WebDriver in OS X
Just to combine the answers above for someone still curious. The below is based on Python 2.7 and a driver in Chrome.
Open new tab by: driver.execute_script("window.open('"+URL+"', '__blank__');")
where URL is a string such as "http://www.google.com".
Close tab by:
driver.close()
[Note, this also doubles as driver.quit()
when you only have 1 tab open].
Navigate between tabs by: driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[0])
and driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[1])
.
You can choose which window you want to close:
window_name = browser.window_handles[0]
Switch window:
browser.switch_to.window(window_name=window_name)
Then close it:
browser.close()
open a new tab:
browser.get('http://www.google.com')
close a tab:
browser.close()
switch to a tab:
browser.swith_to_window(window_name)
There's nothing easier and clearer than just running JavaScript.
Open new tab:
driver.execute_script("window.open('');")