detect new browser window with WATIN - watin

Question

is there a way to test wether a link was opened in a new browser-window (or browser-tab)?
Update:
So far I used the following code:
var newBrowserWindow = Browser.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByTitle(browserTitle));
Assert.That(newBrowserWindow.hWnd, Is.Not.EqualTo(existingBrowserWindow.hWnd));
Where I used the existingBrowserWindow to open a page and to click on a link. But when the link opens a new tab in the existing browser (default behaviour for IE with targer=_blank) it has the same window-handle, since it's the same browser window. So how can I detect a new tab?

Answer 1

Some code of yours would help...,
Anyway, what I do when a link open a new browser window is
using (var newBrowser = WatiN.Core.Browser.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByTitle("Analytics - Read conversation"))
{
}
Browser.AttachTo supports Find.ByUri(), Find.ByTitle() and Find.By("hwnd", windowHandle) according to documentation. I only tested Find.ByUri() and Find.ByTitle() methods.
if you want to detect if you action has opened a new window you could do
public bool TryGetNewBrowser(out IE browser, string title)
{
try
{
browser = WatiN.Core.Browser.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByTitle(title));
return true;
}
catch(WatiN.Core.Exceptions.BrowserNotFoundException)
{
browser = null;
return false;
}
}
As far as I know, there is no support in WatiN for new tab. But the default behavior of internet explorer is to open new links in new window.