Should we get the tooltip text before we hover-over using the Actions class or after we hover-over?

Question

I apologize if I'm repeating this question. I've been through a lot of answers on this site but I'm still not getting the tool-tip text. I can read the title if I don't use the Actions class to hover-over and display the tool-tip. However once I use the Actions class to display the tool-tip then title is always empty. I don't want to get the text before I hover-over, isn't the whole idea to read the tool-tip text that is displayed?

driver.get("https://jqueryui.com/tooltip/");


WebElement frame = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[@src='/resources/demos/tooltip/default.html']"));
driver.switchTo().frame(frame);

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("age"));
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(element).perform();  (I've also tried clickAndHold method)
WebElement toolTip = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='age']"));

// To get the tool tip text and assert
String toolTipText = toolTip.getAttribute("title");
System.out.println("toolTipText-->"+toolTipText);

Answer 1

Tooltips are extracted only after mouse over is performed.

To print the tooltip Hover the field to see the tooltip. as the desired element is within a <iframe> you need to:

• scrollIntoView() the desired iframe

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt.

• Induce WebDriverWait for visibilityOfElementLocated() of the element you need to Mouse Hover.

• Induce WebDriverWait for visibilityOfElementLocated() for the element from where you need to retrieve the tooltip:

• You can use the following xpath based Locator Strategies:

  System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\WebDrivers\\chromedriver.exe");
  ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
  options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
  options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
  options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
  WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver(options);
  driver.get("https://jqueryui.com/tooltip/");
  ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//h1[@class='entry-title']"))));
  new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.xpath("//iframe[@src='/resources/demos/tooltip/default.html']")));
  new Actions(driver).moveToElement(new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//input[@id='age']")))).build().perform();
  System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//input[@id='age']//following::div[text()]"))).getText());
  

• Console Output:

  We ask for your age only for statistical purposes.