I don’t seem to get the ion-item to make the ion-option-button visible so that protractor can click the button.

This is what I tried using protractor --elementExplorer:
browser.actions().dragAndDrop(
(element.all(by.repeater('item in items')).get(0)), { x: 500, y: 0 })
.perform();
But it only highlights the item but does not show the ion-option-button. Also tried:
browser.actions().mouseDown().mouseMove(
(element.all(by.repeater('item in items')).get(0)), { x: 500, y: 0 })
.perform();
It also does not work. Any clues?