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nish_b's avatar
nish_b
Contributor
5 years ago

Unable to click or hover mouse on a Span element

Issue: Using .Click() or .HoverMouse() is not working for 1 of the webelements of the type [HTMLSpanElement]. Error thrown is: TypeError: webObj.HoverMouse is not a function OR TypeError: webObj.Clic...
  • BenoitB's avatar
    BenoitB
    5 years ago

    Perhaps the Panel menu is an object drawn directly on screen (onscreen object).

    To check that use the object from point method.

    To click on this kind of object you can use my method with a call like clickInObject("screen", x,y).

     

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    > Error thrown is: TypeError: webObj.HoverMouse is not a function OR TypeError: webObj.Click() is not a function

    This is a clear indication that webObj is not a wrapping object provided by TestComplete (as a result of FindXXX() call or using the Aliases). Most probably, webObj was obtained as a result of search by XPath and is a native DOM object.

    HoverMouse() and Click() are methods provided by TestComplete and cannot be used for native DOM objects.

    .click() (note small 'c') is a native method provided by DOM, so webObj.click() should work. I believe that something like webObj.hover() should exist in DOM as well.

     

BenoitB's avatar
BenoitB
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when you spy the element, does the hovermouse appears in the Methods tab of the Inspector ?
nish_b's avatar
nish_b
Contributor
5 years ago

Hi Benoit,

 

Thanks for your response. I used the Spy Object to try to identify the required object which is Panel Menu. But the pointer is unable to isolate correctly to only the Panel Menu object (Just yellow box).

 

It either selects the entire grey bar containing Panel Menu when I move the mouse close to it. Please refer to screenshot - PanelMenu_ObjSpy_SelectionObj1.

OR

when I place the mouse exactly on Panel Menu, it selects the entire webpage instead of selecting only the Yellow box - Panel Menu. Please refer to screenshot - PanelMenu_ObjSpy_SelectionObj2. 

 

However, In both the cases, I see Click and HoverMouse under Methods > Actions.

  • BenoitB's avatar
    BenoitB
    Community Hero
    5 years ago

    Perhaps the Panel menu is an object drawn directly on screen (onscreen object).

    To check that use the object from point method.

    To click on this kind of object you can use my method with a call like clickInObject("screen", x,y).

     

    • nish_b's avatar
      nish_b
      Contributor
      5 years ago

      Thank you, I will try it out and let you know how it goes.

      • nish_b's avatar
        nish_b
        Contributor
        5 years ago

        Thanks a lot for the help, Benoit!  You were correct - it is an onscreen element. I'm able to click on it using Screen coordinates and your method for click. 

         

        @others looking at the solution for a similar problem, I had some challenge in identifying the correct coordinates (X - screenLeft and Y - screenTop) as the Object Spy wasn't identifying the exact element. So the workaround was to find 2 elements which are closest to required element and do Object Spy to capture the nearest X and Y, then do additions/subtractions. I tried Coordinates extension in Chrome, but that wasn't much accurate.