Send keys control + click in Selenium with Python bindings
Use an ActionChain
with key_down
to press the control key, and key_up
to release it:
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('http://google.com')
element = driver.find_element_by_link_text('About')
ActionChains(driver) \
.key_down(Keys.CONTROL) \
.click(element) \
.key_up(Keys.CONTROL) \
.perform()
time.sleep(10) # Pause to allow you to inspect the browser.
driver.quit()
Two possible solutions:
opening a new tab
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
self.driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.COMMAND + 't')
this is the solution for MAC OSX. In other cases you can use the standard Keys.CONTROL + 't'
opening a new webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox() #1st window
second_driver = webdriver.Firefox() #2nd windows