How to use Action Chains in Selenium ?

After one has created an object of Action chain, open a webpage, and perform various other methods using below syntax and examples. Action chains can be used in a chain pattern as below –

Python3

menu = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".nav")
hidden_submenu = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".nav # submenu1")
 
ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(menu).click(hidden_submenu).perform()

Or actions can be queued up one by one, then performed.:

Python3

menu = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".nav")
hidden_submenu = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".nav # submenu1")
 
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(menu)
actions.click(hidden_submenu)
actions.perform()

Action Chains in Selenium Python

Selenium’s Python Module is built to perform automated testing with Python. ActionChains are a way to automate low-level interactions such as mouse movements, mouse button actions, keypress, and context menu interactions. This is useful for doing more complex actions like hover over and drag and drop. Action chain methods are used by advanced scripts where we need to drag an element, click an element, This article revolves around how to manipulate DOM using Action Chains in Selenium. We have covered all the methods with examples int detail. ActionChains are implemented with the help of a action chain object which stores the actions in a queue and when perform() is called, performs the queued operations.