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Change focus to another window (Web context only)

Example Usage

driver.switchTo().window("handle");


self.driver.switch_to.window("handle")


// webdriver.io example
driver.switchToWindow("handle");

// wd example
await driver.window("handle");


# ruby_lib example
switch_to.window("handle")

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.switch_to.window("handle")


driver.SwitchTo().Window("handle");

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest None None None
UIAutomation None None None
Android UiAutomator2 None None None
Espresso None None None
UiAutomator None None None
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All seleniumhq.github.io
Python All selenium-python.readthedocs.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /session/:session_id/window

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to

JSON Parameters

name type description
name string (For MJSONWP) The window to change focus to
handle string (For W3C) The window to change focus to

Response

null

See Also