Question

How to get Tooltip Text in Selenium Webdriver?

Answer 1

Let's see the demonstration of accessing and verifying the tool tips in the simple scenario

• Scenario 1: Tooltip is implemented using the "title" attribute

We will try to verify the tooltip of the "github" icon at the top right of the page.

In order to do it, we will first find the element and get its 'title' attribute and verify with the expected tool tip text.

Since, we are assuming the tool tip is in the "title" attribute, we are not even automating the mouse hover effect but simply retrieving the attribute's value using the "getAttribute()" method.

In order to do it, we will first find the element and get its 'title' attribute and verify with the expected tool tip text.

Here is the code

import org.openqa.selenium.By;		
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;		
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;		
import org.openqa.selenium.*;		

public class ToolTip {				
    public static void main(String[] args) {									
     
        String baseUrl = "http://demo.guru99.com/test/social-icon.html";					
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","G:\\chromedriver.exe");					
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();					
        driver.get(baseUrl);					
        String expectedTooltip = "Github";	
        
        // Find the Github icon at the top right of the header		
        WebElement github = driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@class='soc-ico show-round']/a[4]"));	
        
        //get the value of the "title" attribute of the github icon		
        String actualTooltip = github.getAttribute("title");	
        
        //Assert the tooltip's value is as expected 		
        System.out.println("Actual Title of Tool Tip"+actualTooltip);							
        if(actualTooltip.equals(expectedTooltip)) {							
            System.out.println("Test Case Passed");					
        }		
        driver.close();			
   }		
}

Explanation of code

1. Find the WebElement representing the "github" icon.
2. Get its "title" attribute using the getAttribute() method.
3. Assert the value against the expected tooltip value.

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