Missing or invalid type argument for pointer action - Selenium

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Sudhir

I am getting below mentioned error message while run program.

Error: Missing or invalid type argument for pointer action.

I am trying to click on sub menu which will display after mouse hover on main menu.

Code below:

public class ActionKeywords {
    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

    @Test
    public void openBrowser(){
        driver.get("https://www.levissima.it/");
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
    }
    @Test
    public void verify_Menus(){

        WebElement mainMenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//ul[@id='menu-main']/li/a"));

        WebElement subMenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Impegno Per La Natura')]"));
        Actions action = new Actions (driver);
        action.moveToElement(mainMenu).perform();
        action.click(subMenu).perform();
    }
}

Please assist!

DebanjanB

With Selenium 3.4.0 to work with Mozilla Firefox browser 53.x you need to download the latest geckodriver from here. Save it in your machine & provide the absolute path of the geckodriver. This code executes fine with some simple tweak to your own code.

WebDriver driver;

@BeforeTest
public void setup()
{
    System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe");
    DesiredCapabilities dc = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
    dc.setCapability("marionette", true);
    driver =  new FirefoxDriver(dc);
    driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

@Test
public void openBrowser(){
    driver.get("https://www.levissima.it/");
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
@Test
public void verify_Menus(){

    WebElement mainMenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//ul[@id='menu-main']/li/a"));

    WebElement subMenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Impegno Per La Natura')]"));
    Actions action = new Actions (driver);
    action.moveToElement(mainMenu).perform();
    action.click(subMenu).perform();
}

The output is:

PASSED: openBrowser
PASSED: verify_Menus

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    Default test
    Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Skips: 0
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