How to select a dropdown value in Selenium WebDriver using Java

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I am new to selenium, currently am working on selenium webdriver i want to select a value from the drop down. The id=periodId and the option is many in that am trying to select Last 52 weeks.

Here is the HTML code:

<select id="periodId" name="period" style="display: none;">
    <option value="l4w">Last 4 Weeks</option>
    <option value="l52w">Last 52 Weeks</option>
    <option value="daterange">Date Range</option>
    <option value="weekrange">Week Range</option>
    <option selected="" value="monthrange">Month Range</option>
    <option value="yeartodate">Year To Date</option>
</select>

Please suggest me some ways to click the drop down.

I tried with the above example lines but am getting error such as Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with Command duration or timeout: 32 milliseconds the drop downs values are the jquery multiselect widget format.

possible duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/9604336/… — dckuehn
– dckuehn, Commented Nov 22, 2013 at 6:52
i tried the linked method it is not working with my options, can i have some other model — testing
– testing, Commented Nov 22, 2013 at 7:16
I think that drop down is not visible for some reason and changing it is not very good approach, but you can always change the element's attribute value using JavaScript — Furious Duck
– Furious Duck, Commented Nov 22, 2013 at 18:42

Benjamin Loison · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-29 21:13:47Z

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Just wrap your WebElement into Select Object as shown below

Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("identifier")));

Once this is done you can select the required value in 3 ways. Consider an HTML file like this

<html>
<body>
<select id = "designation">
<option value = "MD">MD</option>
<option value = "prog"> Programmer </option>
<option value = "CEO"> CEO </option>
</option>
</select>
<body>
</html>

Now to identify dropdown do

Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("designation")));

To select its option say 'Programmer' you can do

dropdown.selectByVisibleText("Programmer ");

or

dropdown.selectByIndex(1);

or

dropdown.selectByValue("prog");

edited May 29, 2023 at 21:13

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Steve Weaver Crawford Over a year ago

This is a fine answer for regular Select usage, but I think the OPs real problem is the fact the the Select element is not visible - <select id="periodId" name="period" style="display: none;">

sinisterrook Over a year ago

By the way the import is : import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;

Luis Perez Over a year ago

For those using C# note you have to installed "Selenium Support" available in NuGet in order to use this solution. Also in C# it's called SelectElement instead of Select.

Rajesh Balan Over a year ago

If you know the value to be selected, then even driver.findElement(By.xpath(Your_Xpath_to_Element)).sendKeys("Selected Value ") - Tested with FireFox and working good

Abhishek Singh Over a year ago

@RajeshBalan. Yes. However identifying elements by XPath is not advisable. Automation code will fail if DOM structure changes.

Kodiyan · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-22 19:18:10Z

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If you want to write all in one line try

new Select (driver.findElement(By.id("designation"))).selectByVisibleText("Programmer ");

answered Apr 22, 2014 at 19:18

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Prabhakaran KC · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-04 09:19:59Z

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As discussed above, we need to implement Select Class in Selenium and further we can use various available methods like :- enter image description here

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Quentin Hayot · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-19 09:47:02Z

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Actually select does select but not placing the selected values to the respective field . Where wondered the below snippet works perfectly

driver.findElement(By.name("period")).sendKeys("Last 52 Weeks");

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Lorenzo Lerate Over a year ago

It did not work for me. I used: driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[option[@value='50']]")).sendKeys("50");

Samsul Islam · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-08 15:47:02Z

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You can use following methods to handle drop down in selenium.

 1. driver.selectByVisibleText("Text");
 2. driver.selectByIndex(1);
 3. driver.selectByValue("prog");

For more details you can refer http://www.codealumni.com/handle-drop-selenium-webdriver/ this post.

It will definitely help you a lot in resolving your queries.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-03 12:10:14Z

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code to select dropdown using xpath

Select select = new 
Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='periodId']));

code to select particaular option using selectByVisibleText

select.selectByVisibleText(Last 52 Weeks);

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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I have not tried in Selenium, but for Galen test this is working,

var list = driver.findElementByID("periodID"); // this will return web element

list.click(); // this will open the dropdown list.

list.typeText("14w"); // this will select option "14w".

You can try this in selenium, the galen and selenium working are similar.

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Vishnu More · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-13 09:26:00Z

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First Import the package as :

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;

then write in single line as:

new Select (driver.findElement(By.id("sampleid"))).selectByValue("SampleValue");

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John Smith · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-14 16:45:41Z

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WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
WebElement identifier = driver.findElement(By.id("periodId"));
Select select = new Select(identifier);
select.selectByVisibleText("Last 52 Weeks");

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marian0 Over a year ago

Please explain your answer.

palaѕн Over a year ago

While this code may provide a solution to problem, it is highly recommended that you provide additional context regarding why and/or how this code answers the question. Code only answers typically become useless in the long-run because future viewers experiencing similar problems cannot understand the reasoning behind the solution.

John Smith · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-14 16:45:50Z

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Try this-

driver.findElement(By.name("period")).sendKeys("Last 52 Weeks");

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