Switching focus to new tab python selenium web driver

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I have a python selenium code to test a website. Now once the driver click on a link in the 1st tab, it opens it up in a new tab, but the focus stays on the previous tab, and I am not able to reference any elements in the new tab.

How can change the focus to the new?

Also both the tabs are open in the same browser and I am using Chrome browser

this should get you going: stackoverflow.com/a/28716311/6770704 — Ian
– Ian, Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 11:09
Does this answer your question? How do I switch to the active tab in Selenium? — AnsFourtyTwo
– AnsFourtyTwo, Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 11:10

VenuBhaskar · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-25 16:21:30Z

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name each window if you are working with a few number of windows. using this chunk you can name and switch between tabs

window1= driver.window_handles[1]
driver.switch_to_window(window1)

answered Jun 25, 2020 at 16:21

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Okechukwu Malcolm · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-30 04:42:29Z

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You can loop through the window handles, record the counts of window handles and switch with count - 1. Check below.

n = 0
for handle in driver.window_handles:
       n+=1
driver.switch_to_window(n-1)

If you encounter any difficulty, please paste your code for further elucidation.

answered Jul 30, 2021 at 4:42

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