Navigation Method in Selenium Webdriver

Navigation Methods in Webdriver with Examples

Following are some of most common browser navigation command for selenium webdriver .

• Navigate to
• Back 
• Forward 
• Refresh 

• navigate().to(String)

In selenium Webdriver navigate().to() method used to load a new webpage in existing window 

 
driver= new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
 

• navigate().back()

In selenium webdriver navigate().back() navigation command used to click on back button of browser window .

driver= new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
driver.naviagte().back()
 

• navigate().forward()

In selenium webdriver navigate().forward() navigation method used to click on forward button of browser window .

driver= new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
driver.naviagte().forward()
 

• navigate.refresh()

In selenium webdriver navigate().refresh() navigation method used to refresh browser window .

driver= new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
driver.naviagte().refresh

 Selenium code for navigation command using Java
 
 
package New; 
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class AutomationTesting 

{
 
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
             
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\Sandeep\\Soft\\chromedriver.exe");
              WebDriver driver= new ChromeDriver();
              driver.navigate().to("https://qaacharya.in/");
              driver.manage().window().maximize();
              driver.findElement(By.linkText("Testing Concepts")).click();
              driver.navigate().back();
              driver.navigate().forward();
              driver.navigate().refresh();
              driver.close();
 
       }
}
 
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Navigation Method in Selenium Webdriver