Switching between windows in Selenium Java - Cheat Sheet & Quick Revision

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beginner

What is the purpose of switching between windows in Selenium?

Switching between windows allows the test to control and interact with multiple browser windows or tabs opened during a test session.

beginner

How do you get all window handles in Selenium WebDriver?

Use driver.getWindowHandles() which returns a Set of strings representing all open window handles.

intermediate

Explain the difference between getWindowHandle() and getWindowHandles().

getWindowHandle() returns the handle of the current window. getWindowHandles() returns handles of all open windows.

intermediate

Show a simple Java code snippet to switch to a new window in Selenium.

String originalWindow = driver.getWindowHandle(); for (String windowHandle : driver.getWindowHandles()) { if (!windowHandle.equals(originalWindow)) { driver.switchTo().window(windowHandle); break; } }

beginner

Why is it important to switch back to the original window after working with a new window?

Because Selenium commands act on the current window. To continue testing the original page, you must switch back to its window handle.

Which Selenium method returns all open window handles?

A driver.getCurrentWindow()

B driver.getWindowHandle()

C driver.getWindowHandles()

D driver.switchTo().window()

driver.getWindowHandles() returns a Set of all window handles currently open.

What does driver.switchTo().window(handle) do?

A Closes the window with the given handle

B Refreshes the window with the given handle

C Opens a new window with the given handle

D Switches Selenium's focus to the window with the given handle

This command changes Selenium's control to the specified window.

If you want to switch back to the original window after opening a new one, what should you do?

A Call <code>driver.close()</code>

B Call <code>driver.switchTo().window(originalWindowHandle)</code>

C Call <code>driver.quit()</code>

D Call <code>driver.refresh()</code>

You must switch Selenium's focus back to the original window handle.

What data type does driver.getWindowHandles() return?

A Set&lt;String&gt;

B List&lt;String&gt;

C String[]

D Map&lt;String, String&gt;

It returns a Set of strings representing window handles.

Why might you need to switch windows during a test?

A To interact with pop-ups or new tabs opened by the application

B To close the browser

C To refresh the page

D To maximize the window

Switching windows lets you control pop-ups or new tabs opened during testing.

Describe the steps to switch from the original window to a newly opened window in Selenium.

Think about how to identify the new window among all open windows.

Explain why switching back to the original window is important after working with a new window.

Consider what happens if Selenium stays focused on the wrong window.