With Capybara, how do I switch to the new window f

Question

Perhaps this isn't actually the issue I'm experiencing, but it seems that when I "click_link" a link with target="_blank", the session keeps the focus on the current window.

So I either want to be able to switch to the new window, or to ignore the _blank attribute - essentially, I just want it to actually go to the page indicated by the link so I can make sure it's the right page.

I use the webkit and selenium drivers.

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I submitted my findings thus far below. A more thorough answer is much appreciated.

Also, this only works with selenium - the equivalent for the webkit driver (or pointing out where I could discover it myself) would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I had this issue when opening links in an gmail window: I fixed it like this:

Given /^(?:|I )click the "([^"]*)" link in email message$/ do |field|

  # var alllinks = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
  # for (alllinksi=0; alllinksi<alllinks.length; alllinksi++) {
  #   alllinks[alllinksi].removeAttribute("target");
  # }

  page.execute_script('var alllinks = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); for (alllinksi=0; alllinksi<alllinks.length; alllinksi++) { alllinks[alllinksi].removeAttribute("target"); }')

  within(:css, "div.msg") do
    click_link link_text
  end

end

Answer 2

This is now working with Poltergeist. Although window_handles is still not implemented (you need a window name, i.e. via a JavaScript popup):

within_window 'other_window' do
  current_url.should match /example.com/
end

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Edit: Per comment below, Poltergeist now implements window_handles since version 1.4.0.

Answer 3

Seems like it is not possible with capybara-webkit right now: https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit/issues/271

:-(

At the same time https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit/issues/129 claims it is possible to switch windows with within_window.

Also https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit/issues/47 suggests that page.driver.browser.switch_to().window(page.driver.browser.window_handles.last) works. Ah well, on to code reading.

The code at https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit/blob/master/lib/capybara/webkit/browser.rb at least has some references that suggest that the API that works for webdriver / firefox is also working for webkit.

Answer 4

Now within_window implemented for capybara-webkit http://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit/pull/314 and here you can see how to use it http://github.com/mhoran/capybara-webkit-demo

Answer 5

You can pass a name, url or title of the window also (But now its dipricated)

  let(:product) { create :product }

  it 'tests' do
    visit products_path
    click_link(product.id)

    within_window(product_path(product)) do
      expect(page).to have_content(product.title)
    end
  end

You can pass a labda or a proc also

within_window(->{ page.title == 'Page title' }) do
  click_button 'Submit'
end

wish it stretches the method usage to more clearly understaing

Answer 6

Capybara >= 2.3 includes the new window management API. It can be used like:

new_window = window_opened_by { click_link 'Something' }
within_window new_window do
  # code
end