With Capybara, how do I switch to the new window for links with "_blank" targets?

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Capybara >= 2.3 includes the new window management API. It can be used like:

new_window = window_opened_by { click_link 'Something' }within_window new_window do  # codeend

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This solution only works for the Selenium driver

All open windows are stores in Selenium's

response.driver.browser.window_handles

Which seems to be an array. The last item is always the window that was most recently opened, meaning you can do the following to switch to it.

Within a block:

new_window=page.driver.browser.window_handles.last page.within_window new_window do  #codeend

Simply refocus for current session:

session.driver.browser.switch_to.window(page.driver.browser.window_handles.last)

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This is now working with Poltergeist. Although window_handles is still not implemented (you need a window name, i.e. via a JavaScript popup):

within_window 'other_window' do  current_url.should match /example.com/end

Edit: Per comment below, Poltergeist now implements window_handles since version 1.4.0.

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