Mouse Click & Keyboard Event : Action Class

There are a lot of methods in this class which can be categorized into two main categories:

• Keyboard Events
• Mouse Events

 Different Methods for performing Keyboard Events:

• keyDown(modifier key): Performs a modifier key press. 
• sendKeys(keys to send ): Sends keys to the active web element.
• keyUp(modifier key): Performs a modifier key release.

Actions actions = new Actions(webdriver object);

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By strategy to identify element);

actions.keyDown(element, Keys.SHIFT);
actions.sendKeys(“TextToBeConvertAndSendInUpperCase”);
actions.keyUp(Keys.SHIFT);action.perform();
actions.build();

Different Methods for performing Mouse Events:

Right Click

 //Instantiate Action Class

  Actions actions = new Actions(driver);

 //Retrieve WebElement to perform right click

  WebElement btnElement = driver.findElement(By.id("rightClickBtn"));

  //Right Click the button to display Context Menu 

    actions.contextClick(btnElement).perform();

DoubleClick :

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

 WebElement from = driver.findElement(By.id("draggable"));

 WebElement to = driver.findElement(By.id("droppable")); 

 //Perform drag and drop

 builder.dragAndDrop(from, to).perform();

Drag and Drop:

 Actions actions = new Actions(driver); 

  //Retrieve WebElement to perform double click WebElement

 btnElement = driver.findElement(By.id("doubleClickBtn")); 

 //Double Click the button 

 actions.doubleClick(btnElement).perform(); 

• click(): Clicks at the current mouse location.
• doubleClick(): Performs a double-click at the current mouse location.
• contextClick() : Performs a context-click at middle of the given element.
• clickAndHold(): Clicks (without releasing) in the middle of the given element.
• dragAndDrop(source, target): Click-and-hold at the location of the source element, moves to the location of the target element
• dragAndDropBy(source, xOffset, yOffset):  Click-and-hold at the location of the source element, moves by a given offset
• moveByOffset(x-offset, y-offset): Moves the mouse from its current position (or 0,0) by the given offset
• moveToElement(toElement): Moves the mouse to the middle of the element
• release(): Releases the depressed left mouse button at the current mouse location