How to do a mouse over using selenium webdriver to see the hidden menu without performing any mouse clicks?

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How to do a mouse hover/over using selenium webdriver to see the hidden menu without performing any mouse clicks?

There is a hidden menu on website which i am testing that only appears on mouse hover/over. Note: if any clicks is performed, page is redirected so please suggest a solution without click

I tried:

IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver()
Actions builder = new Actions(driver)
builder.MoveToElement(driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_AdvertiserMenu1_LeadsBtn")))
       .Click().Build().Perform();

score 48 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '13 at 16:46

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Try this?

// this makes sure the element is visible before you try to do anything
// for slow loading pages
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
var element = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id(elementId)));

Actions action  = new Actions(driver);
action.MoveToElement(element).Perform();

answered Dec 03 '13 at 16:46

ton.yeung

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Woah! I never knew about using that TimeSpan class. Thanks! – djangofan Dec 03 '13 at 17:16
However, it still opens another browser widow at the end – Rahul Lodha Dec 03 '13 at 17:31
I don't understand what you mean by that – ton.yeung Dec 03 '13 at 18:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 03:59

yeah the question you posted is about tool tip

perform mouse hover the then capture its attribute value

closely observe your HTML code manually move your mouse pointer on the element & observe in which attribute value your hidden text present

Actions builder = new Actions(driver)
builder.MoveToElement(driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_AdvertiserMenu1_LeadsBtn")))
       .Click().Build().Perform();


String value=driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_AdvertiserMenu1_LeadsBtn")).getAttribute("attribute value in which hidden text presents");

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 01 '14 at 23:24

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You need to use - using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;

answered Oct 01 '14 at 23:24

Delfin Devassy

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 04:39

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Just wanted to mention that a last resort workaround could be to try javascript mouse over simulation.

Solutions for that in various languages are posted here: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=2067

answered Jul 29 '16 at 04:39

David

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 24 '21 at 21:27

To do a Mouse Hover using Selenium webdriver to see the hidden menu without performing any mouse clicks you need to ensure that the desired ElementIsVisible() inducing WebDriverWait and the use Actions Class methods as follows:

using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;

var element = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("elementID")));
new Actions(driver).MoveToElement(element).Perform();

In a single line:

new Actions(driver).MoveToElement(new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("elementID")))).Perform();

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