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Example​

Let's start by pulling in the necessary libraries (selenium-webdriver to control the browser and rspec/expectations & RSpec::Matchers to perform an assertion) and wiring up some simple setup, teardown, and run methods.

# filename: right_click.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'
require 'rspec/expectations'
include RSpec::Matchers

def setup
  @driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
end

def teardown
  @driver.quit
end

def run
  setup
  yield
  teardown
end

Now we're ready to write our test.

Let's use an example from the-internet that will render a custom context menu when we right-click on a specific area of the page (link). Clicking the context menu will trigger a JavaScript alert which will say You selected a context menu. We'll grab this text and use it to assert that the menu was actually triggered.

run do
  @driver.get 'http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/context_menu'
  menu_area = @driver.find_element id: 'hot-spot'
  @driver.action.context_click(menu_area).send_keys(
    :arrow_down).send_keys(
    :arrow_down).send_keys(
    :arrow_down).send_keys(
    :enter).perform
  alert = @driver.switch_to.alert
  expect(alert.text).to eq('You selected a context menu')
end

Expected Behavior​

If we save this file and run it (e.g., ruby right_click.rb) from the command-line) here is what will happen:

  • Open the browser and visit the page
  • Find and right-click the area which will render a custom context menu
  • Select the context menu option with keyboard keys
  • JavaScript alert appears
  • Grab the text of the JavaScript alert
  • Assert that the text from the alert is what we expect

Summary​

To learn more about context menus, you can read this write-up from the Tree House blog.

Happy Testing!