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Holding and moving element (window)

I have a little problem and I don't know why code does not work.
I have element on site (window) which I want to resize (clicking on corner and pulling).
#Test
public void ResizeWindow()
{
driver.get(URL);
WebElement resizeableWindow = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='resizable']/div[3]"));
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(resizeableWindow);
actions.clickAndHold(resizeableWindow);
actions.moveByOffset(50,50);
}
But this piece of code does not want to resize window (code does not have problem with finding element). Any tips? Or hint on what should I change?

You need to call perform() as last command to execute the previous commands
actions.perform();
The methods from Actions class return this, so you can chain them
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions
.moveToElement(resizeableWindow)
.clickAndHold(resizeableWindow)
.moveByOffset(50,50)
.perform();

MoveToElement only works when using xOffset and yOffset

In a sidebar menu I want to move to a menu item. I'm using this code:
#FindBy(xpath = ".//*[#id='sidebar-wrapper']/ul//a[contains(text(), 'Contact')]")
WebElement contactLink;
public void clickHamburgerMenuAndContactLink() {
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.click(hamburgerMenu).moveToElement(contactLink, 0, 0).click().perform();
}
This works most of the time although it also fails from time to time (behavior seems to be unstable).
First I tried to move without mentioning the x and y Offset using only the webelement contactlink as an argument in the moveToElement method. This don't work at all, I don't understand why. I tried also with build() before the perform() but this makes no difference.

The unstable behaviour is probably due to the animation effect which makes the contact link unsteady. I would wait for the close button since it is displayed once the menu reaches its final position:
public void clickHamburgerMenuAndContactLink() {
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10000);
hamburgerMenu.click();
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("menu-close")));
contactLink.click();
}

Scrolling to a WebElement and clicking on it

I am new to automation and am practicing on the flipkart website.
On the page:
http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/pr?sid=tyy,4io&otracker=clp_mobiles_CategoryLinksModule_0-2_catergorylinks_11_ViewAll
... when I try to click an element that is not in view of the page by scrolling to it, I get the exception: Element is not clickable
Below is the code:
WebElement mobile = driver.findElement(By.xpath ("//a[#title='Apple iPhone 6S (Silver, 128 GB) ']"));
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
jse.executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", mobile);
mobile.click();
I believe this issue is occurring because of the header available in flipkart: even though the window is getting scrolled to that particular element, the header is covering the element so it's not possible to click on it.
Can anyone help resolve this?

you can try like this
Case where you want to click on a element that is not in view of the page (without scrolling) try below
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get(
"http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/pr?sid=tyy,4io&otracker=clp_mobiles_CategoryLinksModule_0-2_catergorylinks_11_ViewAll");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
// Take everything on the page in list first .
List<WebElement> completecalContent = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[#class='fk-display-block']"));
System.out.println(completecalContent.size());
// printing all elements
for (int i = 0; i < completecalContent.size(); i++) {
System.out.println("Print complete Content : " + completecalContent.get(i).getText());
if (completecalContent.get(i).getText().equals("Apple iPhone 5S (Space Grey, 16 GB)")) {
// move to a specific element
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView();",
completecalContent.get(completecalContent.size() - 1));
// move slightly up as blue header comes in the picture
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollBy(0,-100)");
// then click on the element
completecalContent.get(i).click();
}
}
}
Case where you want to scroll then in that case update above code with these lines.
A. if you want to scroll to the bottom of the page then
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)");
B. if u want to scroll to a specific element then try this
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath to element"));
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(
"arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", element);
C. if you want to scroll on the basis of coordinates then try this
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollBy(0,500)");

Instead of scrolling up to web element you can try scrolling to little bit down in page like
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jse.executeScript("scroll(250, 0)"); //x value '250' can be altered
Else you can try scrolling to element which is good enough above to required element. It means in code you tried instead of taking required webelement just scroll upto web element above the required so that the header does not cover required element.
Thank You,
Murali

Hey if you are not certain about the element's position on the page, you can find the co-ordinates at run time and then execute your text.
You can get elements co-ordinate by using Point
Point point = element.getLocation();
int xcord = point.getX();
int ycord = point.getY();
You can also get the dimensions of a webelement like its Height and Width using Dimension
Once you have the x and y co-ordinates and you have its dimensions. You can write your code to scroll till that particular co-ordinates on the page.
Hope it helps!

Move slider in Selenium Webdriver with Java and Firefox

I have a problem using Selenium Webdriver (version 2.32.0) and Firefox (21.0), trying to change the values on a slider.
I wrote a Java code like this:
private void selectGiftCardPrice() throws TestingException {
try {
WebElement slider = getDriver().findElement(
By.cssSelector("div.sliderHandle"));
Actions move = new Actions(getDriver());
move.dragAndDropBy(slider, 90, 0);
move.build().perform();
sleep(4000);
} catch (Exception e) {
log.info(e);
throw new TestingException("e");
}
I tried out every code I found on the Web, every change, and it still does not work. It does not show any problem, just finds the element, and does nothing. Any idea what it is, or what can I do?
EDIT from comment:
I finally made it working with jQuery slider demo
driver.get("http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/slider/multiple-vertical.html");
WebElement slider = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[1]/a[contains(#class,'ui-slider-handle')]"));‌
But it is still not working for me with jQuery UI Slider demo page using Xpath //div[#id='slider']/a. What is the problem?

This code works absolutely fine for me.
program handles slider of website : Homeshope18.com
Check it out:
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.homeshop18.com/fashion-jewellery/category:15143/filter_Theme:%28%22Traditional+Wear%22+%22Cuff+%26+Kada%22+%22Daily+Wear%22+%22Maang+Tikka%22+%22Openable+Round%22+%22Round%22+%22Openable+Oval%22%29/sort:Popularity/inStock:true/?it_category=HP&it_action=JW-HPSP01&it_label=HP-HPSP01-131021235900-PD-JW-ZC-VK-SC_DiwaliFestWeddingJewellery&it_value=0");
WebElement slider = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='slider-range']/a[1]"));
Thread.sleep(3000);
Actions moveSlider = new Actions(driver);
Action action = moveSlider.dragAndDropBy(slider, 30, 0).build();
action.perform();

Using Actions class, firs use clickAndHold("WebElemnt");
Then to move horizontally we need to move in the Y direction of the screen so we can use movebyoffset, i.e X-axis: 0 & Y axis: 40px
To move vertically we need to move in the X direction of the screen so we can use movebyoffset, i.e X-axis: 40px & Y axis: 0
The sample code would be :
Actions slider=new Actions(driver);
slider.clickAndHold("WebElemnt");
slider.movebyoffset(0,40).build.perform();

How to perform mouseover function in Selenium WebDriver using Java?

I want to do mouseover function over a drop down menu. When we hover over the menu, it will show the new options.
I tried to click the new options using the xpath. But cannot click the menus directly.
So, as the manual way I am trying to hover over the drop down menu and then will click the new options.
Actions action = new Actions(webdriver);
WebElement we = webdriver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/div[13]/ul/li[4]/a"));
action.moveToElement(we).build().perform();

Its not really possible to perform a 'mouse hover' action, instead you need to chain all of the actions that you want to achieve in one go. So move to the element that reveals the others, then during the same chain, move to the now revealed element and click on it.
When using Action Chains you have to remember to 'do it like a user would'.
Actions action = new Actions(webdriver);
WebElement we = webdriver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[13]/ul/li[4]/a"));
action.moveToElement(we).moveToElement(webdriver.findElement(By.xpath("/expression-here"))).click().build().perform();

None of these answers work when trying to do the following:
Hover over a menu item.
Find the hidden element that is ONLY available after the hover.
Click the sub-menu item.
If you insert a 'perform' command after the moveToElement, it moves to the element, and the sub-menu item shows for a brief period, but that is not a hover. The hidden element immediately disappears before it can be found resulting in a ElementNotFoundException. I tried two things:
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(hoverElement).perform();
builder.moveToElement(clickElement).click().perform();
This did not work for me. The following worked for me:
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(hoverElement).perform();
By locator = By.id("clickElementID");
driver.click(locator);
Using the Actions to hover and the standard WebDriver click, I could hover and then click.

Based on this blog post I was able to trigger hovering using the following code with Selenium 2 Webdriver:
String javaScript = "var evObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');" +
"evObj.initMouseEvent(\"mouseover\",true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);" +
"arguments[0].dispatchEvent(evObj);";
((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript(javaScript, webElement);

This code works perfectly well:
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Put your text here"));
builder.moveToElement(element).build().perform();
After the mouse over, you can then go on to perform the next action you want on the revealed information

Check this example how we could implement this.
public class HoverableDropdownTest {
private WebDriver driver;
private Actions action;
//Edit: there may have been a typo in the '- >' expression (I don't really want to add this comment but SO insist on ">6 chars edit"...
Consumer < By > hover = (By by) -> {
action.moveToElement(driver.findElement(by))
.perform();
};
#Test
public void hoverTest() {
driver.get("https://www.bootply.com/render/6FC76YQ4Nh");
hover.accept(By.linkText("Dropdown"));
hover.accept(By.linkText("Dropdown Link 5"));
hover.accept(By.linkText("Dropdown Submenu Link 5.4"));
hover.accept(By.linkText("Dropdown Submenu Link 5.4.1"));
}
#BeforeTest
public void setupDriver() {
driver = new FirefoxDriver();
action = new Actions(driver);
}
#AfterTest
public void teardownDriver() {
driver.quit();
}
}
For detailed answer, check here - http://www.testautomationguru.com/selenium-webdriver-automating-hoverable-multilevel-dropdowns/

I found this question looking for a way to do the same thing for my Javascript tests, using Protractor (a javascript frontend to Selenium.)
My solution with protractor 1.2.0 and webdriver 2.1:
browser.actions()
.mouseMove(
element(by.css('.material-dialog-container'))
)
.click()
.perform();
This also accepts an offset (i'm using it to click above and left of an element:)
browser.actions()
.mouseMove(
element(by.css('.material-dialog-container'))
, -20, -20 // pixel offset from top left
)
.click()
.perform();

Sample program to mouse hover using Selenium java WebDriver :
public class Mhover {
public static void main(String[] args){
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfba"));
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.moveToElement(ele).build().perform();
}
}

You can try:
WebElement getmenu= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='ui-id-2']/span[2]")); //xpath the parent
Actions act = new Actions(driver);
act.moveToElement(getmenu).perform();
Thread.sleep(3000);
WebElement clickElement= driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sofa L"));//xpath the child
act.moveToElement(clickElement).click().perform();
If you had case the web have many category, use the first method. For menu you wanted, you just need the second method.

Try this re-usable method,
public void MoveThePoiterToElement(By by){
log.info("Moving the cursor to the element");
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.moveToElement(driver.findElement(by));
action.build().perform();
log.info("Cursor moved to the element");
}

I tried that and it worked normal
action = ActionChains(driver)
element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("XPath_selector")
action.move_to_element(element).perform()