selenium-webdriver Interacting with the Browser Window(s) Handle multiple windows
Example
Python
Most commonly used scenario:
- open page in new window
- switch to it
- do something
- close it
- switch back to parent window
# Open "Google" page in parent window
driver.get("https://google.com")
driver.title # 'Google'
# Get parent window
parent_window = driver.current_window_handle
# Open "Bing" page in child window
driver.execute_script("window.open('https://bing.com')")
# Get list of all windows currently opened (parent + child)
all_windows = driver.window_handles
# Get child window
child_window = [window for window in all_windows if window != parent_window][0]
# Switch to child window
driver.switch_to.window(child_window)
driver.title # 'Bing'
# Close child window
driver.close()
# Switch back to parent window
driver.switch_to.window(parent_window)
driver.title # 'Google'
