How to emulate mouse hover with Capybara

Question

Basically, what I\'m trying to do is click on a button that becomes visible when hovering another element (its parent).

I have tried to use trigger.(\'mouseove

Answer 1

Alex described the solution of such problems in his blog: check it out http://aokolish.me/blog/2012/01/22/testing-hover-events-with-capybara

RSpec.configure do |config|
  # ...
  Capybara.javascript_driver = :webkit
end

page.find('#element').trigger(:mouseover)