Mouse hover using WebDriver

[valerio]

Hi,
In my test script I have to hover over an element which as a result
gets highlighted.
Basically, it gets highlighted on 'mouseover' event being sent and
returns to its normal style on sending 'mouseout'.

Using mouseOver() old Selenium API, it was possible to issue only
'mouseover' event and the element I am testing would remain updated.

Using moveToElement() or mouseMove() in WebDriver, it seems as if
these methods are implemented differently as they send a 'mouseover'
and immediately after a 'mouseout' event. So, I see the element on my
page flashing.

Is there a way to obtain the same behaviour using WebDriver?

Thanks,
Valerio

[Yuping Zhong]

I also meet the same issue when use the Webdriver. 

Any expert can give the clue how to use mouse_over on Webdriver???

Thanks!

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[robbie....@nokia.com]

I've observed this in FF, but it seems to persist in IE & Chrome

Thanks,
Valerio

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[Jayakumar C]

@ Valerio,

You may try to execute some JS to fire the hover event.
If your page has JQuery, it would be something like,

((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("$('div#elementid').hover();");

or

((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("$('div#elementid').mouseenter();");

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[Mark Collin]

You have a couple of options.

 

Use the Actions implementation:

 

WebElement myElement =driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

builder.moveToElement(myElement).build().perform();

 

Dive into the guts of selenium and hjack the Mouse implementation instead of using it via the Actions implementation:

 

Locatable hoverItem = (Locatable) driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));

Mouse mouse = ((HasInputDevices) driver).getMouse();

mouse.mouseMove(hoverItem.getCoordinates());

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[valerio]

@Mark
I have already tried that. Sorry for not pasting code. I think the API
currenlty does not provide for that.
@Jayakumar
Thanks I'll try that.

On Jul 27, 5:21 pm, "Mark Collin" <m...@ardescosolutions.com> wrote:
> You have a couple of options.
>
> Use the Actions implementation:
>
> WebElement myElement =driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));
>
> Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
>
> builder.moveToElement(myElement).build().perform();
>
> Dive into the guts of selenium and hjack the Mouse implementation instead of
> using it via the Actions implementation:
>
> Locatable hoverItem = (Locatable) driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));
>
> Mouse mouse = ((HasInputDevices) driver).getMouse();
>
> mouse.mouseMove(hoverItem.getCoordinates());
>
> From: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:seleniu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Yuping Zhong
> Sent: 27 July 2011 04:21
> To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [selenium-users] Mouse hover using WebDriver
>
> I also meet the same issue when use the Webdriver.
>
> Any expert can give the clue how to use mouse_over on Webdriver???
>
> Thanks!
>

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, valerio <valer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> In my test script I have to hover over an element which as a result
> gets highlighted.
> Basically, it gets highlighted on 'mouseover' event being sent and
> returns to its normal style on sending 'mouseout'.
>
> Using  mouseOver() old Selenium API, it was possible to issue only
> 'mouseover' event and the element I am testing would remain updated.
>
> Using moveToElement() or mouseMove() in WebDriver, it seems as if
> these methods are implemented differently as they send a 'mouseover'
> and immediately after a 'mouseout' event. So, I see the element on my
> page flashing.
>
> Is there a way to obtain the same behaviour using WebDriver?
>
> Thanks,
> Valerio
>
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[Jaie Wilson]

Hi Valerio,

It depends on what OS and browser you are using. Can you confirm the Browser/OS you are using?

Currently Firefox on mac does not handle native events and as such I don't think the mouseout is working correctly for Firefox, maybe similar on other operating systems too.

Chrome and html unit seem to handle this fine if the mouseover and mouseout are via javascript. The only browser I've tested on a Mac that handles the pseudo class :hover seems to be chrome at the moment.

I've written a helper utility MouseEvents which has a hover and mouseout method. For mouseout when running firefox I just fire a mouseout event on the element using the javascript executor, but for everything else it uses the Actions class to move the mouse to the element you want to move it to mouseout of and then uses another move to element where the second element is the driver.findElement(By.tagname("head")). So far my testing has been working for this. The reason for the second move to element instead of the move mouse by offset is that HTML unit driver doesn't currently support moving the mouse by cords via the actions class.

Mouse over is pretty straight forward as the Actions.moveToElement seems to do the trick (except for css :hover this requires native event support in FF).

I will post a link tomorrow to my implementation if you want more details.

Cheers,

Jaie

[bruce]

The following method does not work. I use Selenium 2.3 java FF3.6

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

WebElement we = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//
div[contains(@style,'visible')]//a[text()='Reports']"));
builder.moveToElement(we).build().perform();

On 7月27日, 下午11时21分, "Mark Collin" <m...@ardescosolutions.com> wrote:
> You have a couple of options.
>
> Use the Actions implementation:
>
> WebElement myElement =driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));
>
> Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
>
> builder.moveToElement(myElement).build().perform();
>
> Dive into the guts of selenium and hjack the Mouse implementation instead of
> using it via the Actions implementation:
>
> Locatable hoverItem = (Locatable) driver.findElement(By.xpath("//foo"));
>
> Mouse mouse = ((HasInputDevices) driver).getMouse();
>
> mouse.mouseMove(hoverItem.getCoordinates());
>
> From: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:seleniu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Yuping Zhong
> Sent: 27 July 2011 04:21
> To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [selenium-users] Mouse hover using WebDriver
>
> I also meet the same issue when use the Webdriver.
>
> Any expert can give the clue how to use mouse_over on Webdriver???
>
> Thanks!
>

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, valerio <valer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> In my test script I have to hover over an element which as a result
> gets highlighted.
> Basically, it gets highlighted on 'mouseover' event being sent and
> returns to its normal style on sending 'mouseout'.
>
> Using  mouseOver() old Selenium API, it was possible to issue only
> 'mouseover' event and the element I am testing would remain updated.
>
> Using moveToElement() or mouseMove() in WebDriver, it seems as if
> these methods are implemented differently as they send a 'mouseover'
> and immediately after a 'mouseout' event. So, I see the element on my
> page flashing.
>
> Is there a way to obtain the same behaviour using WebDriver?
>
> Thanks,
> Valerio
>
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[valerio@TomTom]

Hi Jaie,
thanks for your help. I have done quite some experiments.
Just for the sake of clarity I am using RemoteWebDriver.

These are my observations:
Firefox 4 on WinXP
moveToElement: NOK. mouseover is sent to the element. Afterwards
mouseout (or some other...) is also sent resulting in a non-persistent
hovering behaviour.
mouseMove: NOK.same as above.

Explorer 7
moveToElement: NOK. Same as WinXp.
mouseMove: NOK. Same as WinXp.

Chrome 12 on WinXP
moveToElement: OK. Noticed when hovering on another element, the first
element receives an event that makes hovering end. This is different
from the behaviour of Selenium mouseOver() method, which I prefer.
mouseMove: OK. Same observation as above.

Firefox 4 on Leopard
moveToElement: OK.
mouseMove: OK.

Chrome 13 on Leopard
moveToElement: OK
mouseMove: OK

[urbanblock]

Hi

Did you find any answer to this? I have the same problem with moveToElement triggering mouseout immediately after mouseover. 

I am using  FF3.6 and 4 on Windows XP using selenium-server-standalone-2.5.0.jar.

Code is 

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);    

builder.moveToElement(element).build().perform();

I have also tried MoveToOffsetAction - with same issue.

Regards,

Dylan

[robbie....@nokia.com]

From my experience this problem is restricted to Firefox. Have you tried running the tests on IE , Chrome or Opera?

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[Dylan Hazlehurst]

Hi
Thanks for the tip - is working fine for me in IE and Chrome. Guess
I'll have to avoid Firefox.

Cheers,
Dylan

[robbie....@nokia.com]

I heard a rumour that it was fixed in the latest version of Selenium Webdriver.

Also, you could cheat in Firefox by executing the javascript directly. This is not a valid a test but would allow you to test any functionality after the mouseover.

[Duy Nguyễn Phúc]

Hi!

You should use as:

    Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

    Action drapAndDrop = builder.clickAndHold(element)

                                              .moveToElement(other element)

                                              .release(other element)

                                              .build();

              drapAndDrop.perform();

Regards,

Duy Nguyen Phuc

[Duy Nguyễn Phúc]

[Duy Nguyễn Phúc]

Hi!
You should use as:

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

[Duy Nguyễn Phúc]

Hi!
You should use as:

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

[annie]

Hi 

Did anyone find the workaround for this issue ?

I am facing the same issue when i need to move the mouse to an object such that some hidden div will be displayed.

Thanks

[mathew kuruvila]

Somebody above said it's working in IE, if so is it working in IE7/8 - XP. And which version of selenium?

[Peter Gale]

>Is it possible to stimulate hovering cursor over an element ...
Yes ... this was answered in another similar thread in the last day or so.

> ...in order to get tooltip?
I don't think Selenium Webdriver can read the displayed tooltip as such, only whatever attribute of the element stores the text, which should be the same thing.

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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:32:48 -0700
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Subject: [selenium-users] Re: Mouse hover using WebDriver

Is it possible to stimulate hovering cursor over an element in order to get tooltip?

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[Alex]

as other have said use the actions. one tip i can give you is to not use single actions. i tried doing a hover that reveals a menu and then click something in that menu and it ran like shit in IE and barely in FF but after i did chain actions instead of mutiple independent ones it worked in all browsers flawlessly.

[Marilyn C. Cole]

I also have not been able to get a hover event to successfully trigger with FirefoxDriver.  The web app tooltip was created with extJS, which may be resulting in strange behavior, because the standard Actions.moveToElement(helpIcon).perform() is not triggering the tooltip popup text.  I also tried using the JSExecutor like so:

String js = "var evObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');" +
                    "evObj.initMouseEvent(\"mouseover\",true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);" +
                    "arguments[0].dispatchEvent(evObj);";
((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript(js, helpIcon);

I don't have access to jQuery here.  I believe the above should work, and it doesn't result in any error, but it also doesn't pop the help text up.  Manually, it's easy -- mousing over or hovering over the helpIcon element makes the help info window come up immediately.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Marilyn


On Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:29:03 AM UTC-4, Nidhi Paroha wrote:

@Alex - Can you please share the action chains that you used to solve this issue?  The mouse out feature does not work for me. I am using firefox on mac. I tried few different options like hover over any other element on the page, move to offset etc. but none of those seem to be working. :(

[manvendra kumar mishra]

Hi,

did u find any solution,

I am facing the same problem.

it work fine if drop down menu created using javascript, bu
when i tried to hover on drop down menu created using css, it doesn't work. i mean drop down list doesn't open.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks & Regards

Manvendra kumar Mishra

[Krishna Reddy Gtpv]

Use following code

Actions a = new Actions(driver);

a.movetoelement(driver.findElement(By.xpath("").perform();

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[manvendra kumar mishra]

Hi,

I have already tried that with no success.. :( 

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[CH!NN@ K]

hi Mishra, when your want to mouse over(drop down) then you can use  "SIKULI" in selenium. It is working fine on mouse over programs.

This below link is one of example of mouse over program : http://techlearn.in/content/mouse-over-program-sikuli

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