Selenium ChromeDriver issue - Want to run it in background but not as headless browser

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I am looking for a way to run selenium tests in the background with ChromeDriver. With the background I mean as in, not the foreground focussed window. I can actually do this, but as soon as actions like opening a new tab or switching between windows (so basically switching window handles) happen in ChromeDriver, the browser window gets pushed to the foreground.

So my question is, how can I prevent this from happening without running the test headless?

Any suggestions are appreciated, open for discussion
Mar 27, 2018 in Selenium by nitinrawat895
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This is a flaw with ChromeDriver. Tried doing the same with Firefox, and it worked for me. If you still want to use ChromeDriver, use a VM or a remote computer and attach to the process remotely to do the debugging if needed.
answered Mar 27, 2018 by nsv999
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@nsv999, can't we use Ctrl+Tab keyboard action to put the browser window in background? 

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