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();

anon · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-03 16:46:38Z

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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 3, 2013 at 16:46

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djangofan Over a year ago

Woah! I never knew about using that TimeSpan class. Thanks!

Rahul Lodha Over a year ago

However, it still opens another browser widow at the end

anon Over a year ago

I don't understand what you mean by that

Ajay · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04 03:59:35Z

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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");

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 3:59

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Delfin Devassy · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-01 23:24:35Z

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

answered Oct 1, 2014 at 23:24

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David · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-29 04:39:10Z

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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, 2016 at 4:39

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-24 21:27:39Z

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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