Browserflow
  • 👋🏽 Welcome to Browserflow
  • Guides
    • Building a flow
    • Running a flow
    • Debugging a flow
    • Sharing a flow
    • Automating Google websites
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Selectors
    • Variables
    • Input variables
    • Conditions
  • Browserflow Cloud
    • Running flows in the cloud
    • Loop Sheet flows
    • Saving files
    • Automating sites behind a login
    • API
    • Webhooks
    • Zapier
    • Troubleshooting
  • Reference
    • Browserflow commands
      • Interact with Page
        • Click
        • Type Text
        • Press Key
        • Scroll
        • Hover
        • Select Option
        • Set Date Input
        • Upload File
        • Handle Dialog
      • Extract Data
        • Get Element Text
        • Get Link URL
        • Get Page URL
        • Get Element Attribute
        • Get Element HTML
        • Get Clipboard
        • Save File
        • Take Screenshot
        • Generate PDF
      • Navigate
        • Visit
        • Go Back
        • Go Forward
        • Reload Page
      • Spreadsheet
        • Loop Spreadsheet Rows
        • Add Spreadsheet Row
        • Update Spreadsheet Row
        • Find Spreadsheet Row
      • Control Flow
        • Loop Elements
        • Loop Pages
        • Loop
        • Loop List Items
        • If
        • Else
        • While
        • End
        • Break
      • Tabs
        • Create Tab
        • Get Active Tab ID
        • Select Tab
        • Close Tab
      • Utilities
        • Run Script
        • Get Date
        • Wait
        • Wait for Element
        • Show Alert
        • Make HTTP Request
        • Assert
        • Run Flow
        • Comment
        • Solve Captcha
  • Support
    • Getting help
    • Common errors
  • Troubleshooting
    • Updating to the latest version
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  1. Reference
  2. Browserflow commands
  3. Tabs

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Focuses an existing tab

Query Type

  • URL

    • Select tab by the tab's current URL

  • Tab ID

    • Select tab by its ID

Query

  • If Query Type is URL

    • URL of the tab to select

      • Matches the first tab that contains the URL as a substring (e.g. "google.com" matches a tab with "mail.google.com")

  • If Query Type is Tab ID

    • ID of the tab to select (see )

Create tab if needed (applicable if Query Type is URL)

  • Creates a tab with the URL if one does not already exist

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