lecture 14 of 200 completed

Multiple tabs and pop-up windows

A link that opens a new tab breaks a naive test. Playwright makes you catch the new page before it appears.

What you'll learn

How to catch a tab that opens from a click
Why the listener has to start before the click
When not to test the new tab at all

A test clicks "View invoice" and then looks for the invoice number. It fails, saying the element is not there.

The invoice opened in a new tab. Your test is still looking at the old one. Playwright did not follow the click, because pages do not automatically become the active one.

The fix has one detail that catches everybody, so read the order carefully.

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