How to select a dropdownlist value using webdriver in python

Question

The html source is below

<select id="ca_vdcs" class="pulldown small" name="vdc" style="display: none;">
<option>-- Select a vDC --</option>
<option>Platform-VDC-org</option>
</select>

I want to select the 'Platform-VDC-org', but the below code is not working.

select = browser.find_element_by_id('ca_vdcs')
select.find_element_by_xpath("//option[@value='Platform-VDC-org']").click()

Well how does it not work? Why are you not using select.select_by_visible_text or select.select_by_value? — Arran
– Arran, Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 9:29

Mark Rowlands · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-24 08:21:30Z

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You should try using the Select() class. It makes dealing with select elements much easier.

select = Select(browser.find_element_by_id("ca_vdcs"))
select.select_by_visible_text("Platform-VDC-org")

You can see the WebDriver API bindings in Python here:

http://selenium-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api.html

The Select() class is at section 7.12. UI Support

edited Oct 24, 2014 at 8:21

answered Oct 29, 2013 at 10:32

Mark Rowlands

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2 Comments

Eugene S Over a year ago

Was trying to find that reference in the documentation using the attached link but couldn't find it. Is that still there or am I looking at the wrong place? Thanks!

Mark Rowlands Over a year ago

@EugeneS You're right, the docs have been reordered I guess. It's section 7.12. UI Support now. I'll update the answer.

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