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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!

How to select a portion of page using selenium?

I need to copy the contents of a page except header and footer only using mouse select+drag+mouseup+ctrl+C kind of copy.
I am using Selenium Actions class.
FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
driver.get("http://connectatgrace.org/im-new/what-to-expect");
builder.click(driver.findElement(By.className("block-holder")))
.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT)
.click(driver.findElement(By.id("footer")));
System.out.println("CLICKED");
Is it possible?
Experts please help.

If all you want is the text, you can get it by using .getText() on the right element.
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://connectatgrace.org/im-new/what-to-expect");
String text = driver.findElement(By.id("main")).getText().trim();
EDIT
I understand now what you are looking for. I was able to get it to work with the code below.
Basically the code moves the mouse to the bottom-right corner of the element that contains all the desired text, <div id="content full-width">. Click and hold the mouse button down, move to the top-left corner of the element, and then CTRL+C. I've also validated that the correct text gets into the clipboard.
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("http://connectatgrace.org/im-new/what-to-expect");
WebElement content = driver.findElement(By.id("content full-width"));
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(content, 0, 0).clickAndHold().moveToElement(content,
content.getSize().getWidth(), content1.getSize().getHeight()).release();
builder.build().perform();
content.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "c"));
System.out.println("CLICKED");
NOTE: If you use moveToElement(), it moves to the center of the element. That's why there's code to get the width/height and divide by 2.
EDIT 2
After OP noticed that I had a typo, I went back and did some investigations on the .moveToElement() methods. From the docs,
moveToElement(WebElement toElement)
Moves the mouse to the middle of the element.
moveToElement(WebElement toElement, int xOffset, int yOffset)
Moves the mouse to an offset from the top-left corner of the element.
So corrected the code to use .moveToElement(e, 0, 0) to start the selection at the top left of the element and then moved the selection to the bottom right using .moveToElement(content, content.getSize().getWidth(), content1.getSize().getHeight()). This should work correctly now.

This works!!!
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("http://connectatgrace.org/im-new/what-to-expect");
WebElement content = driver.findElement(By.id("content full-width"));
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(content, content.getSize().getWidth() / 2, content.getSize().getWidth() / 2).clickAndHold().moveToElement(content, -content.getSize().getHeight() / 2, -content.getSize().getHeight() / 2);
builder.build().perform();
Basically you forgot to place height i.e. getHeight() instead of getWidth().
Now its working fine.

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()

Webdriver: I am not able to automate slider

I am trying to automate slider by using Action class but getting following error.
What I have tried:
public void slideTheBar() {
WebElement slider = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div.sliderA div#slider_minmax_maxKnobA"));
Actions move = new Actions(driver);
Action action = move.dragAndDropBy(slider, 30, 0).build();
action.perform();
}
Error :
$Proxy22 cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.internal.Locatable
Please let me know if someone can help me with this.
For example : the slider we see in any media player to increase the volume in which click on one point then drag and drop to desired point.
FYI : webdriver version is 2.24.1

There is an error in second line, when you type "Action action = move.dragAndDropBy(slider, 30, 0).build();"
In the above line, the first word Action should be typed as Actions, then it will work, please see my code,
Thread.sleep(4000);
try{
WebElement slider=GlobalVars.driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[#class='ui-slider-handle ui-state-default ui-corner-all']"));
Actions move =new Actions(GlobalVars.driver);
Actions action=move.dragAndDropBy(slider, 60, 0);
action.perform();}
catch(Exception e){
e.getMessage();
If you still have any queries , please let me know.
Thanks
Regards