How to perform mouse hover in Selenium Java

In this article, we’ll cover how to automate mouseover actions using Selenium WebDriver and Java. We’ll provide a practical example to demonstrate how to trigger hover effects on web elements. By the end, you’ll be adept at implementing mouseover functionality in your automated test scripts. To learn complete selenium check here

Script for perform mouse hover in Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;

public class MouseOperationMouseHover {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

		// Create an instance of the ChromeDriver
		WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

		// Delete all cookies.
		driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();

		// Maximize the browser.
		driver.manage().window().maximize();

		// Navigate to a website
		driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/web/index.php/auth/login");

		Thread.sleep(3000);

		driver.findElement(By.name("username")).sendKeys("Admin");

		driver.findElement(By.name("password")).sendKeys("admin123");

		driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button")).click();

		Thread.sleep(2000);

		// Create an Actions object
		Actions actions = new Actions(driver);

		// Locate WebElement to perform double click
		WebElement ele1 = driver.findElement(By.linkText("My Info"));

		// Locate WebElement to perform double click
		// WebElement ele2 = driver.findElement(By.linkText("My Profile"));

		// Double Click the button
		actions.moveToElement(ele1).click().build().perform();

		Thread.sleep(3000);

		// close the WebDriver instance
		driver.quit();

	}

}