How to select a value from a dropdown in Selenium WebDriver?

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sharadyadav1986 · Answer 1 · 2021-03-30T03:21:35+0000

Select class in WebDriver is used for selecting and deselecting options in a dropdown.

The objects of Select type can be initialized by passing the dropdown webElement as a parameter to its constructor.

WebElement testDrop = driver.findElement(By.id("testingDropdown"));

Select dropdown = new Select(testDrop);

WebDriver offers three ways to select from a dropdown:

selectByIndex: Selection based on index starting from 0

dropdown.selectByIndex(5);

selectByValue: Selection based on value

dropdown.selectByValue(“Books”);

selectByVisibleText: Selection of option that displays text matching the given argument

dropdown.selectByVisibleText(“The Alchemist”);