How to perform releasing a mouse on an element in Selenium with python?

We can perform mouse release from an element in Selenium with the help of Action Chains class. These classes are generally used for automating interactions like context menu click, mouse button actions, key press and mouse movements.

These types of actions are mainly common in complex scenarios like drag and drop and hovering over an element on the page. The methods of the Action Chains class are utilized by advanced scripts. We can manipulate DOM with the help of Action Chains in Selenium.

The action chain object implements the ActionChains in the form of a queue and then executes the perform() method. On calling the method perform(), all the actions on action chains will be performed.

The method of creating an Action Chain object is listed below −

• First we need to import the Action Chain class and then the driver will be passed as an argument to it.

• Now all the operations of action chains can be done with the help of this object.

Syntax

Syntax for creating an object of Action Chains −

from selenium import webdriver

# import Action chains
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains
# create webdriver object
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# create action chain object
action = ActionChains(driver)

After creating an object of Action Chains, we can perform numerous operations one by one like a chain which is queued.

release() – This method performs releasing a held mouse button on an element.

Syntax

release(args)

Where args is the element from where the mouse is released up. If the arguments are omitted, it shall release the present position of mouse.

#element
source = driver.find_element_by_id("name")
#action chain object
action = ActionChains(driver)
# move to element operation
action.click(source)
# release the mouse up
action.release(source)
# perform the action
action.perform()

Example

Code Implementation for releasing a mouse operation.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
#browser exposes an executable file
#Through Selenium test we will invoke the executable file which will then
#invoke actual browser
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\chromedriver.exe")
# to maximize the browser window
driver.maximize_window()
#get method to launch the URL
driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/about/about_careers.htm")
#to refresh the browser
driver.refresh()
# identifying the source element
source= driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[text()='Company']");
# action chain object creation
action = ActionChains(driver)
# click the element
action.click(source)
# release the element
action.release(source)
# perform the action
action.perform()
#to close the browser
driver.close()