Selenium and :hover css

Question

Using selenium-rc and the java client, I want to test a menu which opens when the user moves the mouse over it. It closes when the mouse leaves the menu. This is done using

Answer 1

I couldn't find a way to do this using the Selenium interface. However, since I am using Selenium 2, I can use the WebDriver API, as per http://groups.google.com/group/selenium-developers/msg/8210537dde07155f?pli=1

In your case, something like this may work, if you can upgrade to Selenium 2:

WebDriver webDriver; 
...
((RenderedWebElement) webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div#navi_settings"))).hover();

Answer 2

The mouseOver method will activate a :hover pseudoclass.