Context click (right click) in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test performs a right-click (context click) on a specific element on a webpage and verifies that the context menu appears as expected.

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.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
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.assertTrue;
import java.time.Duration;

public class ContextClickTest {
    private WebDriver driver;
    private WebDriverWait wait;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
    }

    @Test
    public void testContextClickShowsMenu() {
        driver.get("https://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/demo.html");

        WebElement button = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("span.context-menu-one.btn.btn-neutral")));

        Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
        actions.contextClick(button).perform();

        WebElement contextMenu = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("ul.context-menu-list")));

        assertTrue(contextMenu.isDisplayed(), "Context menu should be visible after right click");
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 7 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Chrome browser window is open and ready	-	PASS
2	Navigates to URL https://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/demo.html	Page with a button labeled 'right click me' is loaded	-	PASS
3	Waits until the button with CSS selector 'span.context-menu-one.btn.btn-neutral' is clickable	Button is visible and enabled on the page	Button is clickable	PASS
4	Performs context click (right click) on the button using Actions class	Context menu is triggered to appear	-	PASS
5	Waits until the context menu with CSS selector 'ul.context-menu-list' is visible	Context menu is displayed on the page	Context menu is visible	PASS
6	Asserts that the context menu is displayed	Context menu is visible	assertTrue(contextMenu.isDisplayed())	PASS
7	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window is closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: The context menu does not appear after right-clicking the button

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What Selenium method is used to perform a right-click on an element?

A element.click()

B actions.doubleClick(element).perform()

C actions.contextClick(element).perform()

D driver.rightClick(element)

Key Result

Always wait explicitly for elements to be clickable or visible before interacting or asserting to avoid flaky tests.