Hello, I’m having trouble using web recording. It doesn’t save the steps I’ve taken. The web browser I opened doesn’t display a hover when I grab an object.
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hi @usmoyo
to help us understand the problem better, could you provide a screen recording or more context?
You mean in Katalon Studio?
have you referred any existing query to recorder?
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Katalon offers 3 tools named something like “web recording”.
Which one are you working on? You should make it clear at first.
A “hover” is NOT recorded. You have to add the command, WebUI.mouseOver(), to your script if you are using Katalon Studio.
Edit: I would also look into the attribute that the element has that you are looking for and add the command, WebUI.verifyElementHasAttribute(), or WebUI.verifyElementAttributeValue(), to verify the expected displayed “hover” comment.