How can I reference the following html elements using java and selenium?

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I want to access the following elements with the only indicator of value using java. All the text values identified with option value, under name="txnSource", are selections that can be made from a drop-down selector.

I'd like to automate the selection of the value from the drop-down box is why I need to know how to access the values... There is no "findElement(By.value("value"))" so how can I access the element by value ??

I think accessing by xpath would be extremely volatile. Also, any change in the options in the drop-down would require a whole reworking of the xpath identification.

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Petr Janeček · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 16:22:37Z

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In Java, you can do any of those:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("option[value='500']")).click();

or

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//option[@value='500']")).click();

or use Select and selectByValue()

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("txnSource")));
select.selectByValue("500");

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 16:22

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Amey · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 16:22:19Z

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In Java I think it would be something this way

IWebElement dropDownListBox = driver.findElement(By.Name("txnSource"));
SelectElement clickThis = new SelectElement(dropDownListBox);
clickThis.SelectByValue("500");

This is how it is done in Ruby

Selenium::WebDriver::Support::Select.new(@driver.find_element(:name, "txnSource")).select_by(:value, "500")

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 16:22

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Santoshsarma · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 16:24:19Z

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You can select an option from pick list like this

new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("txnSource"))).selectByVisibleText("Text- Stock Movement (DOGS)");

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Select.html

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 16:24

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