I am running a chromote session via selenider in R and need to open a new tab or window. Is this possible?
library(selenider)
session <- selenider_session(
"chromote",
options = chromote_options(headless = FALSE),
timeout = 10
)
It's possible, but it is not supported. That means, selenider
is made to operate only within one window at a time. But, we can fake a click on an element to open a new tab.
library(selenider)
session <- selenider_session( # open window instead
"selenium", browser = "chrome"
)
open_url("https://www.r-project.org/")
find_element(session, css = "a[target='_blank']") |>
elem_click()
Instead, just work with multiple sessions like this. Where each session is opened in a separate window.
library(selenider)
s1 <- selenider_session( # open window instead
"selenium", browser = "chrome"
)
open_url("https://www.r-project.org/", session = s1 )
s2 <- selenider_session( # open window instead
"selenium", browser = "chrome"
)
open_url("https://www.google.com/", session = s2 )