Python and selenium, is not possible to open a new tab with a URL?

Question

I've been digging around this but no luck. So my question is: is not possible to open a new url in a new tab ? ( in this case using IE). My scenario is, open IE, open website, log into it, do some tasks, then open a new tab with a new url in that tab. When I do that, the new url always open in the first tab, not in the new one. I looked for some solutions online but any worked and found many people with same issue. Code follows below:

        from selenium import webdriver
        from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

        path_to_Ie = 'C:\\Python34\\IEDriver\\IEDriverServer.exe' # change path as needed
        browser = webdriver.Ie(executable_path = path_to_Ie)
        url = 'www.test1.com'
        browser.get(url)


        browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='username']").send_keys("user")
        browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='password']").send_keys("pass")

        browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='login-link']").click()

    # some coding here


        browser.find_element_by_tag_name("body").send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 't') #open new tab

        browser.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + Keys.TAB) # it looks like it switches to the correct tab, but anyway the browser.get will open the url in the first tab

        browser.get('www.test2.com') # this link must open in this new tab -> but it doesnt.


        import os
        os.system("taskkill /im IEDriverServer.exe")

thank you!

Answer 1

browser.execute_script("window.open('www.test2.com','_blank');")

This works for Chrome , but in IE it will open new window instead of new tab. If it doesn't matter for you then you can try it