Verify click and hold action on a button

Preconditions (1)

Step 1: Locate the button with id 'hold-button'

Step 2: Perform click and hold action on the button for 3 seconds

Step 3: Release the click

Step 4: Verify that the button text changes to 'Held!' after the hold

✅ Expected Result: The button text changes to 'Held!' after clicking and holding for 3 seconds

Automation Requirements - Selenium WebDriver with Java

Assertions Needed:

Verify the button text changes to 'Held!' after click and hold

Best Practices:

Use Actions class for click and hold

Use explicit waits to wait for text change

Use By.id locator for the button

Avoid Thread.sleep; use WebDriverWait instead

Automated Solution

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 org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import java.time.Duration;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class ClickAndHoldTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path/to/chromedriver");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        try {
            driver.get("https://example.com/testpage");

            WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.id("hold-button"));

            Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
            actions.clickAndHold(button).pause(Duration.ofSeconds(3)).release().perform();

            WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(5));
            wait.until(ExpectedConditions.textToBe(By.id("hold-button"), "Held!"));

            String buttonText = button.getText();
            assertEquals("Held!", buttonText, "Button text should be 'Held!' after click and hold");

            System.out.println("Test passed: Button text changed to 'Held!'");
        } finally {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

This test script uses Selenium WebDriver with Java to automate the click and hold action.

First, it opens the test page and locates the button by its id 'hold-button'.

Then, it uses the Actions class to perform a click and hold on the button for 3 seconds, then releases the click.

After that, it waits explicitly for the button text to change to 'Held!' using WebDriverWait and ExpectedConditions.textToBe.

Finally, it asserts that the button text is exactly 'Held!'.

The test prints a success message if the assertion passes and closes the browser in the finally block to ensure cleanup.

Common Mistakes - 4 Pitfalls

Using Thread.sleep instead of explicit waits

Using XPath with absolute paths for locating the button

Not releasing the click after click and hold

Not handling exceptions or quitting the driver

Bonus Challenge

Now add data-driven testing with 3 different hold durations: 1 second, 3 seconds, and 5 seconds, verifying the button text changes accordingly.

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