How to Open a Link in New Tab in Selenium

In this Example, we will open a link in New tab, So below mentioned step you have to perform to achieve this :

1. Create an XPath or find a unique path of the link.

Ex : As Mentioned in ScreenShot we are going to open a 'CORE JAVA' Link in new Tab So we have taken a Unique Path.

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2. Get 'href ' Attribute from WebElement, because of Every Link Consist of a Unique URL

String UrlofLink = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Core Java')]")).getAttribute("href");

or you can Devide Script into Two Parts

WebElement Link = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Core Java')]"));                                                         String UrlofLink=Link.getAttribute("href");

3. To Open a New Tab you have to use JavaScript Executor and WindowHandler, JavaScriptExecutor has Used for Open a Blank new Tab and Through windowHandler, you will get a count of current Tab based on Count you can switch to parent tab to child Tab and Vice-versa.

public class OpenNewTab{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
  
 System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",".\\Exe\\chromedriver.exe"); 
 WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
 String baseUrl = "http://www.QaMantra.com/";
    driver.get(baseUrl);
 
 // Get a Url from Link 
 
 WebElement Link = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Core Java')]"));                                                         
 String UrlofLink=Link.getAttribute("href");
   
   // To open a New tab 
   
    ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open()");
 
 //Get a Count of Current open Window
 
    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
 //switches to new tab
    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));    

    // To open a link in New Tab
 driver.navigate().to(UrlofLink);
    
 // switch back to main screen 
    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0)); 
 
    
 }}