Navigation Method in Selenium Webdriver

Navigation Methods in Webdriver with Examples

Following are some of the most common browser navigation commands for the Selenium web driver.

Navigate to
Back
Forward
Refresh

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navigate().to(String)

In selenium, Webdriver navigate().to() method is used to load a new webpage in an 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 the back button of the 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 the 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 commands 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();

       }
}