How to Select/Get Drop Down Option in Selenium 2

How to select/get drop down option in Selenium 2

Take a look at the section about filling in forms using webdriver in the selenium documentation and the javadoc for the Select class.

To select an option based on the label:

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//path_to_drop_down")));
select.deselectAll();
select.selectByVisibleText("Value1");

To get the first selected value:

WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption()

How to select a drop-down menu value with Selenium using Python?

Unless your click is firing some kind of ajax call to populate your list, you don't actually need to execute the click.

Just find the element and then enumerate the options, selecting the option(s) you want.

Here is an example:

from selenium import webdriver
b = webdriver.Firefox()
b.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@name='element_name']/option[text()='option_text']").click()

You can read more in:

https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1355/unable-to-select-an-option-using-seleniums-python-webdriver

Select from dropdown in selenium-webdriver javascript

In selenium-webdriver JavaScript you don't have "Select" class. You just need to simply click on drop-down option by passing correct css/xpath.

let element = driver.wait(until.elementLocated(By.css(cssLocator)));
element.click();

How to select a option from drop down with div tag/class?.selenium

Below code worked for me

WebElement selectMyElement = driver.findElement(this.getObject(By.Id("Id of Your DropDown")));
selectMyElement.click();

Actions keyDown = new Actions(driver);
keyDown.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.DOWN, Keys.DOWN, Keys.ENTER)).perform();

How to select an option from the dropdown menu using Selenium and Python

To get the fares for all combinations of stations in Metro-North using Selenium and python selecting the option ANSONIA from the From Staion drop-down-menu you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  driver.get("http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm")
  WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "select#Vorig_station"))).click()
  select = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "select#Vorig_station"))))
  print([o.text for o in select.options])
  select.select_by_visible_text('ANSONIA')
  WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[value='fares']"))).click()
  

• Using XPATH:

  driver.get("http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm")
  WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//select[@id='Vorig_station']"))).click()
  select = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//select[@id='Vorig_station']"))))
  print([o.text for o in select.options])
  select.select_by_visible_text('ANSONIA')
  WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@value='fares']"))).click()
  

• Console Output:

  ['ANSONIA', 'APPALACHIAN TRAIL', 'ARDSLEY-ON-HUDSON', 'BEACON', 'BEACON FALLS', 'BEDFORD HILLS', 'BETHEL', 'BOTANICAL GARDEN', 'BRANCHVILLE', 'BREAKNECK RIDGE', 'BREWSTER', 'BRIDGEPORT', 'BRONXVILLE', 'CANNONDALE', 'CHAPPAQUA', 'COLD SPRING', 'CORTLANDT', 'COS COB', 'CRESTWOOD', 'CROTON FALLS', 'CROTON-HARMON', 'DANBURY', 'DARIEN', 'DERBY', 'DOBBS FERRY', 'DOVER PLAINS', 'EAST NORWALK', 'FAIRFIELD', 'FAIRFIELD METRO', 'FLEETWOOD', 'FORDHAM', 'GARRISON', 'GLENBROOK', 'GLENWOOD', 'GOLDENS BRIDGE', 'GRAND CENTRAL', "GREEN'S FARMS", 'GREENWICH', 'GREYSTONE', 'HARLEM - 125TH ST.', 'HARLEM VALLEY-WINGDALE', 'HARRISON', 'HARTSDALE', 'HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON', 'HAWTHORNE', 'IRVINGTON', 'KATONAH', 'LARCHMONT', 'LUDLOW', 'MAMARONECK', 'MANITOU', 'MARBLE HILL', 'MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX', 'MELROSE', 'MERRITT 7', 'MILFORD', 'MORRIS HEIGHTS', 'MOUNT KISCO', 'MOUNT PLEASANT', 'MT VERNON EAST ', 'MT VERNON WEST', 'NAUGATUCK', 'NEW CANAAN', 'NEW HAMBURG', 'NEW HAVEN', 'NEW ROCHELLE', 'NH-STATE ST.', 'NOROTON HEIGHTS', 'NORTH WHITE PLAINS', 'OLD GREENWICH', 'OSSINING', 'PATTERSON', 'PAWLING', 'PEEKSKILL', 'PELHAM', 'PHILIPSE MANOR', 'PLEASANTVILLE', 'PORT CHESTER', 'POUGHKEEPSIE', "PURDY'S", 'REDDING', 'RIVERDALE', 'RIVERSIDE', 'ROWAYTON', 'RYE', 'SCARBOROUGH', 'SCARSDALE', 'SEYMOUR', 'SOUTH NORWALK', 'SOUTHEAST', 'SOUTHPORT', 'SPRINGDALE', 'SPUYTEN DUYVIL', 'STAMFORD', 'STRATFORD', 'TALMADGE HILL', 'TARRYTOWN', 'TENMILE RIVER', 'TREMONT', 'TUCKAHOE', 'UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS', 'VALHALLA', 'WAKEFIELD', 'WASSAIC', 'WATERBURY', 'WEST HAVEN', 'WESTPORT', 'WHITE PLAINS', 'WILLIAMS BRIDGE', 'WILTON', 'WOODLAWN', 'YANKEES-E153 ST.', 'YONKERS']
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
  

• Browser Snapshot:

Is there a way to select an option from dropdown other than using 'Select' class in Selenium?

Yes. The other way is, click on the dropdown menu and select the option from the dropdown using click method as below:

WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.xpath("<Xpath of dropdown element>"));     // To find the dropdown web element
List<WebElement> options = driver.findElements(By.xpath("<Xpath of dropdown Options"));    // To find the dropdown options
ele.click();      // To click on the dropdown element
options.get(<index>).click();      //To click on the option..

How to extract the text of the selected option of a Dropdown Menu using Selenium and Python

first_selected_option

first_selected_option() returns the first selected option in this select tag (or the currently selected option in a normal select).

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Seems you were pretty close. To extract the textContent of the default selected <option> you can use the first_selected_option property to identify the element and you can extract the option text as per the solution below:

• Code Block:

  select = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//select[@id='lstOperation_Key' and @name='lstOperation_Key']")))) //selecting tag
  element = select.first_selected_option
  print(element.text)
  # or
  print(element.get_attribute("innerHTML"))
  

How to select an option from drop down using Selenium WebDriver C#?

You must create a select element object from the drop down list.

 using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

 // select the drop down list
 var education = driver.FindElement(By.Name("education"));
 //create select element object 
 var selectElement = new SelectElement(education);

 //select by value
 selectElement.SelectByValue("Jr.High"); 
 // select by text
 selectElement.SelectByText("HighSchool");

More info here

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