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How to select a value from a static dropdown in Selenium?
The various methods available under Select class in Selenium to select a
value from a static dropdown. They are as listed below −
selectByVisibleText(String args)
This method is most commonly used in dropdowns. It is very simple to select an option in a dropdown and multiple selection box with this method. It takes a String parameter as argument and returns no values.
Syntax −
Select s = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("<< id exp>>"))); s.selectByVisibleText("Selenium");selectByIndex(String args)
This method takes the index of the option to select in the dropdown. It takes an int parameter as argument and returns no values.
Syntax −
Select s = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("<< id exp>>"))); s.selectByIndex(1);selectByValue(String args)
This method takes the value of the option to select in the dropdown. It takes a String parameter as argument and returns no values.
Syntax −
Select s = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("<< id exp>>"))); s.selectByValue(“Testing”);
Example
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.List;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;
public class SelectOptions{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
String url = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/tutor_connect/index.php"; driver.get(url);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(12, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
Select s = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name=’selType’]")));
// select an option by value method
s.selectByValue("name");
Thread.sleep(1000);
// select an option by index method
s.selectByIndex(0);
Thread.sleep(1000);
// select an option by visible text method
s.selectByVisibleText("By Subject");
Thread.sleep(1000);
driver.quit();
}
}
Updated on: 11-Jun-2020
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