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Hover on element is not working

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4/5
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3-5 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported hover attempts with Appium-Python-Client 2.11.1 on the Windows desktop app, focusing on ActionChains, TouchAction, and w3c_actions.pointer_action.move_to. Check the reported UnknownMethodException and whether TouchAction clicks instead of hovering; done means a supported method hovers the target without clicking.

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Description

Environment:
Appium-Python-Client 2.11.1
Windows desktop app,
My Env is Ok, since I have done many automation work

I want to hover on element, I have tried:
ActionChains(self.driver).move_to_element(ele).perform(),
I got an exception:
> raise exception_class(msg=message, stacktrace=format_stacktrace(stacktrace)) E selenium.common.exceptions.UnknownMethodException: Message: Currently only pen and touch pointer input source types are supported E Stacktrace: E UnsupportedOperationError: Currently only pen and touch pointer input source types are supported

then I tried:
TouchAction(self.driver).move_to(ele).perform(), I found it directly click the target instead of hover on it!

then I tried:
ActionChains(self.driver).w3c_actions.pointer_action.move_to(ele), and it do not work

Is there any other method to achieve this?

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