How to mouse hover on a web element using WebDriver?

// Instantiating Action Interface Actions actions=new Actions(driver); // howering on the dropdown actions.moveToElement(driver.findElement(By.id("id of the dropdown"))).perform(); // Clicking on one of the items in the list options WebElement subLinkOption=driver.findElement(By.id("id of the sub link")); subLinkOption.click();