Python selenium - multi window question

Question

I need to open two browser windows at the same time.

For example, when browsing a page in a window and if I click on the link present in that window, that link (URL) should open in a new browser window, not in a new tab.

I tried with multiple driver options and it was calling driver.exe two times and also I've used Ctrl + N key. But it is opening the new browser window without the URL.

When I click on the link in a page, I need that link to open in a new browser window, not in the new tab.

Please help me how to implement this.

Answer 1

Suggestion

If new window is must, then you can use this workaround.
1. Fetch the link driver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath).get_attribute("href") and save it in a variable.
   Eg: link = driver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath).get_attribute("href")
2. Launch a new web browser using driver1 = webdriver.Chrome() and navigate to the saved url.
   Eg: driver1 = webdriver.Chrome
         driver1.get("http://webserver.com/baseuri"+link)

Now you can use both driver and driver1 objects

Answer 2

If a new window is a must, I suggest you explore the following options.

Alternative: inject code into your HTML that will force a new window to open - or use a plugin. Both options have code examples listed in this StackOverflow question.

Alternative: set the browser options to always open links in a new window. I think for IE it uses what you've set it to in the browser options themselves. For other browsers, you might want to use the Selenium class to set options for the driver instance - if those even exist.