Page variable for new tab in mobile testing

Hi,

Am I getting you right: there is a page in the browser and the variable that references this page. The page contains a link and new page in new tab is opened when this link is clicked. You like your variable to start referencing this new page when it is opened. Is my understanding correct?

If it is, then you need to make definitions for browser and page to be unique enough to let TestComplete to understand what you need.

Your current definition for the variable (Let page=browser.page("*"); ), translated to plain human, says: look for any page opened in the browser and return a reference to it.

Any reason for TestComplete to change the referenced page when it is provided with the above definition?

If you want to get a reference to the new tab page, then try this code

function SwitchBetweenTabs()
{
    // Open page
    VirtualBrowsers.Item("Apple iPad").Run("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp");
    
    // New tabs
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp").Keys("^t");

    // Reference to new tab page
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("chrome://newtab/");
    var page = NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("chrome://newtab/");
    Log.Message(page.URL);
}

Which is similar to my previous code, with the exception of the last two lines added

Try using shortcut keys as shown in Chrome keyboard shortcuts

I thought you wanted help in "How to navigate the page variable to new tab"?

The code will work for virtual browser,

VirtualBrowsers.Item("Apple iPad").Run("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp");
Log.Message(NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("*").URL);

You can't navigate or switch tabs based on your "page variable". 

Ignore my previous statement, I just figured out it can be done,

function SwitchBetweenTabs()
{
    // Open page
    VirtualBrowsers.Item("Apple iPad").Run("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp");
    
    // New tabs
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp").Keys("^t");
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("chrome://newtab/").ToUrl("https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp")
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp").Keys("^t");
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("chrome://newtab/").ToUrl("https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp")
    
    // Switch between tabs
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp").Click();
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp").Click();
    NameMapping.Sys.browser.Page("https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp").Click();
}

You can use the above code to achieve what you need to do.