Help: Do we have any method to hover on element

[pppppino]

Do we have any method to hover on element, such as "windows: hover", then I can execute_script() to achieve it

[naeemakram]

You can use the Actions class and move your cursor to any UI element you want to hover on. A separate "Hover" method is not available. You can do something like this:

IWebElement target = driver.findElement(By.XPath(""));
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(target).perform();

[pppppino]

@naeemakram , Thanks, I have tried the provided method above, but I got an Exception:

>       raise exception_class(msg=message, stacktrace=format_stacktrace(stacktrace))
E       selenium.common.exceptions.UnknownMethodException: Message: Currently only pen and touch pointer input source types are supported
E       Stacktrace:
E       UnsupportedOperationError: Currently only pen and touch pointer input source types are supported
E           at errorFromW3CJsonCode (C:\Users\QA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\errors.js:780:25)
E           at ProxyRequestError.getActualError (C:\Users\QA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\errors.js:663:14)
E           at asyncHandler (C:\Users\QA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\protocol.js:373:25)

[mykola-mokhnach]

Upgrade the driver to the most recent version and try windows: hover extension

[pppppino]

@mykola-mokhnach Thanks, after tried this, I got an Exception: selenium.common.exceptions.UnknownMethodException: Message: Unknown windows command 'hover'. Only startRecordingScreen,stopRecordingScreen,deleteFile,deleteFolder commands are supported.

My Appium-Python-Client pip package is latest. what should I do next, what did you mean "upgrade the driver to the most recent version", you mean appium server?

[mykola-mokhnach]

Make sure you use the driver supplied with Appium 2. Version 1 is not supported anymore

[pppppino]

@mykola-mokhnach Hi, I updated and tried windows: hover, self.driver.execute_script('windows: hover', {"startElementId": ele.id}), then I got an exception: selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: Starting hover point: Either element identifier or absolute coordinates must be provided

then I tried: self.driver.execute_script('windows: hover', { "startElementId": ele.id, "endElementId": ele.id, "modifierKeys": "win", "durationMs": 2000 }) then I got another Exception: Original error: aggregate error I just want to hover on one element, which argument should I use?

[mykola-mokhnach]

I assume in order to emulate hover start and end coordinates must be different, even if this is the same element.

Also, I need the full server log to be able to investigate actual issues. Exception messages are not enough.

[pppppino]

@mykola-mokhnach , Thanks your time!

Env:

Appium server: 2.0.0
Windows driver: 2.9.1
Appium-Python-Client: 2.11.1

My Code: self.driver.execute_script('windows: hover', {"startElementId": ele.id, "endElementId": ele.id, "durationMs": 1500})

My Exception Info: Original error: aggregate error

Server Log:

[debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Calling AppiumDriver.execute() with args: ["windows: hover",[{"startElementId":"3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24","endElementId":"3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24","durationMs":1500}],"0905d066-9dac-4354-ac0d-53dc24f4b3b0"] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Executing extension command 'windows: hover' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Matched '/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location' to command name 'getLocation' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Proxying [GET /element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location] with no body [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Matched '/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location' to command name 'getLocation' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Proxying [GET /element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location] with no body [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] ========================================== [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] GET /wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location HTTP/1.1 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept: application/json, / [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress, deflate, br [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Connection: keep-alive [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Host: 127.0.0.1:4724 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] User-Agent: appium [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] ========================================== [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] GET /wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/location HTTP/1.1 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept: application/json, / [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress, deflate, br [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Connection: keep-alive [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Host: 127.0.0.1:4724 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] User-Agent: appium [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] HTTP/1.1 200 OK [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Length: 89 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"x":352,"y":315}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Got response with status 200: {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"x":352,"y":315}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Matched '/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size' to command name 'getSize' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Proxying [GET /element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size] with no body [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] HTTP/1.1 200 OK [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Length: 89 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"x":352,"y":315}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Got response with status 200: {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"x":352,"y":315}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Matched '/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size' to command name 'getSize' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Proxying [GET /element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size] with no body [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] ========================================== [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] GET /wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size HTTP/1.1 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept: application/json, / [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress, deflate, br [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Connection: keep-alive [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Host: 127.0.0.1:4724 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] User-Agent: appium [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] ========================================== [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] GET /wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/element/3daacf4a-a41e-4bdb-aede-106c6dbfdc24/size HTTP/1.1 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept: application/json, / [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress, deflate, br [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Connection: keep-alive [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Host: 127.0.0.1:4724 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] User-Agent: appium [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] HTTP/1.1 200 OK [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Length: 97 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"height":32,"width":199}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Got response with status 200: {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"height":32,"width":199}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Starting hover point: Absolute coordinates: (451.5, 331) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] HTTP/1.1 200 OK [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Length: 97 [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Content-Type: application/json [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"height":32,"width":199}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Got response with status 200: {"sessionId":"DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683","status":0,"value":{"height":32,"width":199}} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Ending hover point: Absolute coordinates: (451.5, 331) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Encountered internal error running command: AggregateError: aggregate error [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at SomePromiseArray._checkOutcome (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\some.js:82:17) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at SomePromiseArray._promiseRejected (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\some.js:69:17) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at Promise._settlePromise (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:611:26) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at Promise._settlePromise0 (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:649:10) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at Promise._settlePromises (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:725:18) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at _drainQueueStep (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:93:12) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at _drainQueue (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:86:9) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at Async._drainQueues (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:102:5) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (C:\Users\admin.appium\node_modules\appium-windows-driver\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:15:14) [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] at processImmediate (node:internal/timers:476:21) [HTTP] <-- POST /session/0905d066-9dac-4354-ac0d-53dc24f4b3b0/execute/sync 500 127 ms - 596 [HTTP] [HTTP] --> GET /session/0905d066-9dac-4354-ac0d-53dc24f4b3b0/screenshot [HTTP] {} [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Calling AppiumDriver.getScreenshot() with args: ["0905d066-9dac-4354-ac0d-53dc24f4b3b0"] [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Matched '/screenshot' to command name 'getScreenshot' [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] Proxying [GET /screenshot] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/session/DE081851-1130-4A07-AF06-1D45B9C17683/screenshot] with no body [debug] [WindowsDriver@573a (0905d066)] ==========================================

[mykola-mokhnach]

I assume in order to emulate hover start and end coordinates must be different, even if this is the same element.

I see the above comment has been ignored

[pppppino]

Oh, I got it, I will try it right now

[pppppino]

@mykola-mokhnach , Thanks a lot, Finally, I achieve it; but, I still wanna know, why we must give it an offset？

[mykola-mokhnach]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouseover

In computing, a mouseover, mouse hover or hover box is a graphical control element that is activated when the user moves or hovers the pointer over a trigger area, usually with a mouse, but also possible with a digital pen.

If the trigger area is just a single point then obviously no movement happens and no hover event is registered

[dsa45632]

can this hover scroll into element if the element is not visible on the page? also, do we have to pass a start element to hover? or can we hover to element from anywhere?

[pppppino]

@dsa45632 , I think, you could get the (x, y) of the position that you wanna hover firstly, then you could hover anywhere!

[dsa45632]

@dsa45632 , I think, you could get the (x, y) of the position that you wanna hover firstly, then you could hover anywhere! first I need to scroll on the table to make the element visible , so my question is can this hover on the element with scrolling the table? because if I put x and y coordinates it will click on only that location but element needs to be scroll to be clicked