java - How to force Selenium to open a link in a new window?

Question

I need to open a link on a webpage in a new Chrome Window. There was already a question but this appears to be for RC. I tried driver.getUserWindow().open("http....."); But it is not working. May be there is a way to force Chrome to do that for all links? Ideally, i would like to know how to force a driver to open a link in a new window. (i am using java and OS Windows 7

Answer 1

You can use Actions class to perform this.

Actions act = new Actions(driver);
WebElement onElement = Your element on which action has to be performed;
act.contextClick(onElement).perform();
act.sendKeys("w").perform();  // If you want the link to open in new tab then use T instead of w

Hope this helps. Happy coding.