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How does mouse hover work in selenium webdriver?


Asked by Jacob Walton on Dec 14, 2021 FAQ



In automation also, many times it is required to perform some action on the element which gets visible only on mouse hover on some other element. For this, mouse cursor needs to be placed over an element. As mentioned in the Actions class tutorial, Actions class provides a rich set of APIs for mouse events and keyboard events.
Keeping this in consideration,
Prerequisite: One needs to be familiar with the different locator strategies in Selenium to locate specific web elements before being able to automate the mouse hover. The first step for hovering over an element is to locate that particular element. Then, the tester can perform the hover operation using the Actions class.
Similarly, Action in Selenium is an interface that provides two methods – build () and perform (). The commands of the Action Interface are implemented by the Action class. The build () method generates a composite action containing all the actions in the chain. These actions are ready to be performed.
Moreover,
Hovering is a fundamental digital action that involves placing the mouse cursor on the target link or button. Users mainly use the mouse hover action to access sub-menu items. Submenus or sub-lists are standard for e-commerce websites like Amazon, Walmart, etc.
In respect to this,
The clickAndHold () method is used to perform the click method without releasing the mouse button. This method performs the click method without releasing the mouse button over a web element. This method is used to perform the right click operation (context-click) at the current mouse position.