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Acquire a newly opened tab or a clever way to retrieve the HTML source.

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Goal: Implement a loop process that performs the following steps: search in a web system, display the top result page, show the HTML source of that page, and save it.

Issue: When displaying the HTML source of the search result page using Ctrl+U, the source opens in a new tab. I want to save this tab using Ctrl+S, but sending the keystroke does not trigger a response.
Since new tabs are generated dynamically through searches, they cannot be specified by name.

Steps taken to resolve the issue: Launched a new Chrome instance with Launch mode: Attach to running instance, obtained the foreground window, and focused the generated %Browser2%. Sent the keystroke to %Browser2%.

Result: No response.

Browser used: Google Chrome

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Hi,

Make sure the browser is active, post that while using Send keys use instead of foreground use Instance and pass the browser instance.

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Riyaz_riz11 3,844 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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For your reference am attaching code.

You can achieve using create new tab action or using send keys browser instance
WebAutomation.LaunchChrome.LaunchChrome Url: $'''www.gooogle.com''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Normal ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 Timeout: 60 PiPUserDataFolderMode: WebAutomation.PiPUserDataFolderModeEnum.AutomaticProfile TargetDesktop: $'''{\"DisplayName\":\"Local computer\",\"Route\":{\"ServerType\":\"Local\",\"ServerAddress\":\"\"},\"DesktopType\":\"local\"}''' BrowserInstance=> Browser WebAutomation.CreateNewTab.CreateNewTab BrowserInstance: Browser Url: $'''www.fb.com''' WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 NewBrowserInstance=> NewBrowser MouseAndKeyboard.SendKeys.FocusAndSendKeysByInstanceOrHandle WindowInstance: Browser TextToSend: $'''{Control}({S})''' DelayBetweenKeystrokes: 10 SendTextAsHardwareKeys: False

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HMD 4 on at

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thx for your speedy response ,but can't solve my problem...

press Ctrl+U is create new tab, and it's URL is generated dynamically.

Your solution seems to need new tab's URL in advance.

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