browser.execute_script("window.open('about:blank', 'tab2');")
browser.switch_to.window("tab2")
browser.get('http://bing.com')
I was searching online ways to open a new tab using selenium in python, and the method of ctrl + t wasn't working on chrome so I stumbled on the above piece of code, however I am not able to understand what 'excute_script' does.
execute_script method allows to execute JavaScript passed as string argument
Note that you can pass data from Python code into JavaScript code using arguments, e.g.
hello = "Hello"
friends = " friends"
browser.execute_script('alert(arguments[0], arguments[1]);', (hello, friends))
execute_script() synchronously executes JavaScript in the current window/frame.
execute_script(script, *args)
where:
script: The JavaScript to execute
*args: Any applicable arguments for your JavaScript.
This method is defined as:
def execute_script(self, script, *args):
"""
Synchronously Executes JavaScript in the current window/frame.
:Args:
- script: The JavaScript to execute.
- \\*args: Any applicable arguments for your JavaScript.
:Usage:
::
driver.execute_script('return document.title;')
"""
if isinstance(script, ScriptKey):
try:
script = self.pinned_scripts[script.id]
except KeyError:
raise JavascriptException("Pinned script could not be found")
converted_args = list(args)
command = None
if self.w3c:
command = Command.W3C_EXECUTE_SCRIPT
else:
command = Command.EXECUTE_SCRIPT
return self.execute(command, {
'script': script,
'args': converted_args})['value']
A couple of examples:
To open a new blank tab:
driver.execute_script("window.open('','_blank');")
To open a new tab with an url:
driver.execute_script("window.open('https://www.google.com');")
To retrieve the page title:
driver.execute_script('return document.title;')
To scroll inti view an element:
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);",element)
You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussions in: