How to select the drop down value in selenium?

Question

I am not able to select the value in drop down in above mentioned code,

 public class Dropdown {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "I:/shopclues/demoqa/drivers/chromedriver.exe");
          ChromeDriver driver= new ChromeDriver();
          driver.get("http://demoqa.com/");
          driver.manage().window().maximize();
          driver.findElementByLinkText("Registration").click();
          driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
          WebElement country = driver.findElementByXPath("//select[@id='dropdown_7']");
          Select dropdown = new Select(country);
          List<WebElement> options = dropdown.getOptions();
          for (WebElement option1 : options) 
          {
              System.out.println(option1.getText());
              if(option1.getText().startsWith("india"))
              {
                  option1.click();
                  break;
              }

          }
     }

 }

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:46:04Z

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Based on gihan's answer here, you can select via the following:

dropdown .selectByVisibleText("India"); dropdown.selectByIndex(0); dropdown.selectByValue("India");

For your purposes, the first option should work fine.

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NarendraR · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04 07:49:12Z

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Use the following way to select a dropdown -

    WebElement country = driver.findElement(By.id("dropdown_7"));
    Select dropdown = new Select(country);

    dropdown.selectByVisibleText("india");  // pass the text which is visible on site

    //or
    dropdown.selectByIndex(1); // pass the index of dropdown value you want to select

    //or
    dropdown.selectByValue("your_value");

Or change your code

WebElement country = driver.findElementByXPath("//select[@id='dropdown_7']");

to

WebElement country = driver.findElement(By.id("dropdown_7"));

edited Jan 4, 2017 at 7:49

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 6:17

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4 Comments

samkarthick Over a year ago

thanks bro now its working, but i want to know why for each is not working?

Paras Over a year ago

try printing the value of option1 in For Each loop and you would see the issue.

NarendraR Over a year ago

you can do so but i think there is problem in your xpath - WebElement country = driver.findElementByXPath("//select[@id='dropdown_7']"); I haven't seen method findElementByXPath in java

samkarthick Over a year ago

Its in selenium remote webdriver.

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