I need to switch between the browser tabs, used the following code,
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"\t");
It was working properly sometimes only, but sometimes it is showing an exception.
Can anyone suggest me is there any other instructions for switching tabs within a single window by using java.
You have to use window handle function here. Here is a sample working code in java:
String parentHandle = driver.getWindowHandle(); // get the current window handle
System.out.println(parentHandle); //Prints the parent window handle
String anchorURL = anchor.getAttribute("href"); //Assuming u are clicking on a link which opens a new browser window
anchor.click(); //Clicking on this window
for (String winHandle : driver.getWindowHandles()) { //Gets the new window handle
System.out.println(winHandle);
driver.switchTo().window(winHandle); // switch focus of WebDriver to the next found window handle (that's your newly opened window)
}
//Now your driver works on the current new handle
//Do some work here.....
//Time to go back to parent window
driver.close(); // close newly opened window when done with it
driver.switchTo().window(parentHandle); // switch back to the original window
Hope this helps!
Switching between browser window is different from switching b/w tabs.
In some browser windowhandler command may work but it wont work in all browser.
Here is the solution to navigate b/w tabs
for navigating left to right side:
Actions action= new Actions(driver);
action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();
For navigating right to left :
Actions action= new Actions(driver);
action.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.TAB).build().perform();
In my case, the following code is working fine-
String oldTab=driver.getWindowHandle();
driver.findElement(pageObj.getL_Popup_Window()).click();
ArrayList<String> newTab = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());
newTab.remove(oldTab);
driver.switchTo().window(newTab.get(0));
WebElement ele = driver.findElement(pageObj.getI_input_name());
ele.click();
ele.sendKeys(name);
driver.findElement(pageObj.getI_submit()).click();
driver.switchTo().window(oldTab);