System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\\softwares\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("https://mail.google.com/");
String selectLinkOpeninNewTab = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.RETURN);
driver.findElement(By.linkText("www.facebook.com")).sendKeys(selectLinkOpeninNewTab);
New tab is opening but URL link is not opening.
I checked with below code and it works fine for me. I found answer from here.
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
String baseUrl = "http://www.google.co.uk/";
driver.get(baseUrl);
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"t");
ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1)); //switches to new tab
driver.get("https://www.facebook.com");
driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0)); // switch back to main screen
driver.get("https://www.news.google.com");