schickling/chromeless

Possible to reach into a new tab?

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#157 opened on Aug 3, 2017

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APIfeaturehelp wanted

Description

Hey! So far I'm loving this project. I'm working on a script to automate the pulling of some reports.

Sometimes when I click the submit button with chromeless the report opens in a new tab. At this point I want to reach into that new tab and click the 'download' button.

Is that currently, or theoretically, possible with chromeless?

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Tech stack
typescriptnodejs
Domain
testingtooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
chromeless APIbrowser tab management
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
The issue asks whether Chromeless can interact with new tabs that open after clicking a submit button. To address this, investigate the current Chromeless API for tab/window handling, possibly looking at the source code in the src/ directory. Consider using Puppeteer's page targets as a reference. The maintainers have not responded, so any solution would require adding new methods to handle tab switching.