Click and hold in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a webpage, finds a button, clicks and holds it, then verifies the button's text changes to show it is held.

Test Code - JUnit with Selenium WebDriver

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.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class ClickAndHoldTest {
    WebDriver driver;
    Actions actions;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        actions = new Actions(driver);
    }

    @Test
    public void testClickAndHoldButton() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/click-and-hold");
        WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.id("hold-button"));
        actions.clickAndHold(button).perform();
        String buttonText = button.getText();
        assertEquals("Holding", buttonText);
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        driver.quit();
    }
}

Execution Trace - 7 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts	Test environment initialized, ChromeDriver ready	-	PASS
2	Browser opens Chrome	Chrome browser window opened, blank page	-	PASS
3	Navigates to https://example.com/click-and-hold	Page with a button having id 'hold-button' loaded	-	PASS
4	Finds element by id 'hold-button'	Button element located on the page	Element is present and interactable	PASS
5	Clicks and holds the button using Actions.clickAndHold().perform()	Button visually pressed and held down	-	PASS
6	Gets button text after click and hold	Button text changed to 'Holding'	Button text equals 'Holding'	PASS
7	Test ends and browser closes	Browser closed, resources released	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Button with id 'hold-button' is not found or text does not change to 'Holding' after click and hold

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What Selenium method is used to perform the click and hold action?

A actions.doubleClick(element).perform()

B actions.clickAndHold(element).perform()

C element.click()

D actions.release(element).perform()

Key Result

Use Selenium Actions class for complex mouse interactions like click and hold, and always verify UI changes after the action.