WebDriver Mouse Hover
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Using Custom JavaScript Mouse-event
//The below JavaScript code creates, initializes and dispatches mouse event to an object on fly.
String strJavaScript = "var element = arguments[0];"
+ "var mouseEventObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');"
+ "mouseEventObj.initEvent( 'mouseover', true, true );"
+ "element.dispatchEvent(mouseEventObj);";
//Then JavascriptExecutor class is used to execute the script to trigger the dispatched event.
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(strJavaScript, element);
Using Device
//Getting mouse from driver object Mouse mouse =((HasInputDevices)driver).getMouse(); //Invokes mouseMove method by passing element coordinates as argument mouse.mouseMove(((Locatable)element).getCoordinates());
Using Advanced User Interactions API
Actions builder = new Actions(driver); builder.moveToElement(element).perform(); //Note: (Preferable for Firefox and HTMLUnit drivers)
