Why am I unable to navigate into a new window with the Selenium Webdriver?

Question

I am unable to navigate into a new window, as it is showing the same window for both parent and child. I use this code. What is the problem?

String parent_Window = driver.getWindowHandle();
Set<String> handles =  driver.getWindowHandles();
 for(String window_Handle  : handles){
    if(!window_Handle.equals(parent_Window)){
        driver.switchTo().window(window_Handle);
        //<!--Perform operation here for new window--> 

     driver.switchTo().window(parent_Window);
        }
    }

is size of handles is two means it collected two windowhandles? — murali selenium, May 06 '16 at 07:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '16 at 07:11

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Probably, you tried to switch before opening a new window. If this is the case, get the main window handle first then try opening a new window and switch to your new window(or tab).

I hope it will help.

answered May 06 '16 at 07:11

optimistic_creeper

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '16 at 07:09

use the below code:

// Store the current window handle
String winHandleBefore = driver.getWindowHandle();

 // Switch to new window opened
for(String winHandle : driver.getWindowHandles()){
driver.switchTo().window(winHandle);
 }

// Perform the actions on new window

// Close the new window, if that window no more required
driver.close();

 // Switch back to original browser (first window)
driver.switchTo().window(winHandleBefore);

Why am I unable to navigate into a new window with the Selenium Webdriver?

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