openTab()

Launches a new tab. If url is provided, the new tab is opened with the url loaded.

Examples

await openTab('https://taiko.dev')

await openTab() # opens a blank tab.

await openTab('https://taiko.dev', {name: 'taiko'}) # Tab with identifier

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
targetUrl	string	Url of page to open in newly created tab. Default: undefined.
options	Object	Default: {}.
options.waitForNavigation	boolean	Wait for navigation after the reload. Default navigation timeout is 5000 milliseconds, to override pass { navigationTimeout: 10000 } in options parameter. Default: true.
options.name	string	Tab identifier
options.navigationTimeout	number	Navigation timeout value in milliseconds for navigation after click. Accepts value in milliseconds. Default: 5000.
options.waitForStart	number	time to wait to check for occurrence of page load events. Accepts value in milliseconds. Default: 100.
options.waitForEvents	Array	Page load events to implicitly wait for. Events available to wait for [‘DOMContentLoaded’, ‘loadEventFired’, ‘networkAlmostIdle’, ‘networkIdle’, ‘firstPaint’, ‘firstContentfulPaint’, ‘firstMeaningfulPaint’, ‘targetNavigated’] Default: [].

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<void>