Capybara selenium driver, hovering an element
You could try displaying the element directly rather than mousing over.
page.execute_script("$('.thread_options').css('display','inline')")Maybe also investigate the setting of ignore_hidden_elements. It defaults to false, but perhaps you have it set to true.
Or instead of display none, set the margin to a large negative value.
/* Move the element off the screen */.thread_options{ margin: -9999px 0 -9999px 0;}/* Set the desired display margins.btn_thread_options:hover .thread_options{ margin: 10px 0 10px 0;}
I found a way to simulate "mouse hover" using Capybara + the Selenium driver. This code is working for me:
module Capybara module Node class Element def hover @session.driver.browser.action.move_to(self.native).perform end end endend