Select a text and perform a click action

Question

I\'d like to select some text and perform a click action - like in Winword where we click Bold after selecting some text...

I have to select the text and cl

Answer 1

In Java, The Advanced User Interactions API has your answer.

// the element containing the text
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("text"));
// assuming driver is a well behaving WebDriver
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
// and some variation of this:
actions.moveToElement(element, 10, 5)
    .clickAndHold()
    .moveByOffset(30, 0)
    .release()
    .perform();