Selenium C# Open New Tab CTRL+T Not working with CHROME

Question

static void Main()
{
    IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://google.com");
    IWebElement body = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("body"));

    body.SendKeys(Keys.Control + "t");

}

This is the code that I am trying to use to open a new tab and its not working, I am not getting any errors nothing, the driver opens Google and thats all.... I have searched a lot and found many tutorials even videos where people are using the exact same code and it works for them, but for me it doesnt and I can't figure it out...

I tried sending Keys.Shift + "t" to the search field and it works, it writes a capital T in the field

I have also tried

Actions act = new Actions(driver);
act.KeyDown(Keys.Control).SendKeys("t").Perform();

And it still does not work, but again if I change Keys.Control to Keys.Shift it writes, seems like nothing that involves Keys.Control is working!!

Edit: I have tried running the code with a IE Driver and it worked there, it opens new tab, but it does not open new tabs on Chrome?

Answer 1

Thanks for the answers! I did it with JavaScript.

((IJavaScriptExecutor)driver).ExecuteScript("window.open();");