How to mouseover on a webelement using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Question

How to perform a mouse hover functionality using Selenium Webdriver?

Test Case is like say, open Yahoo site and there is link (Mail) beside Sign-In. Upon mouse hover

Answer 1

I have used similar code and it works for me. I have also used the following at a few places: browser.executeScript("jQuery('mycss-selector').mouseover();") You will have to use css-selector, instead of xpath.

Answer 2

Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(element).click().build().perform();

Answer 3

Try this code:

//Assume driver initialized properly.
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("Element id"));
Locatable hoverItem = (Locatable) element;
Mouse mouse = ((HasInputDevices) driver).getMouse();
mouse.mouseMove(hoverItem.getCoordinates());