css hover with selenium 2.20+

Question

I want to activate the :hover class defined in css using selenium. This isn't new obviously but all suggested methods by previous threads don't work anymore.

Thinks I have tried (unsuccessfully)

Selenium-Interface (using WebDriverBackedSelenium) and mouseOver
Actions using moveToElement(..).build().perform()
The RenderedWebElement is deprecated since 2.20 but I can't find a replacement for the hover() method it provided.

Any ideas how to do it this time? Thanks!

A.J · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-26 15:48:27Z

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Try this solution which was mentioned by Mark Collin here. Worked for me..

Locatable hoverItem = (Locatable) driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Appliances')]"));
Mouse mouse = ((HasInputDevices) driver).getMouse();
mouse.mouseMove(hoverItem.getCoordinates());

answered Apr 26, 2012 at 15:48

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franz Over a year ago

Thanks, that is even another method I didnt consider yet. The cause for this behavior however was that I disabled native events for my driver for former incompatibilities. After activating them again, all of the methods described actually work.

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