seleting an option from a drop down menu using selenium and python

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I'm having the following problem. I have a dropdown that is hidden so when I make the Select and run the test i get the following error:

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: element not visible: Element is not currently visible and may not be manipulated

below is the code i have been trying:

cur=Select(driver.find_element_by_id("currencyCode"))
cur.select_by_visible_text('USD')

below is the html syntax of the code:

<div class="form-group true-grid-3">
            <label for="currencyCode">Currency</label>
            <select id="currencyCode" name="criteria.currencyCode" class="form-control" style="display: none;">
                <option value="CHF">CHF</option>
                <option value="EUR">EUR</option>
                <option value="GBP">GBP</option>
                <option value="JPY">JPY</option>
                <option value="USD">USD</option>

Mark Rowlands · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-02 14:30:51Z

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Set the display: none to display: block in the css property so that the element becomes visible.

driver.execute_script("document.getElementById('criteria.currencyCode').style.display = 'block';")

edited Dec 2, 2015 at 14:30

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answered Dec 2, 2015 at 13:21

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Harsha Jasti Over a year ago

This solution works perfect if i change the id from "criteria.currencyCode" to "currencyCode" Thanks a ton!

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-02 14:13:13Z

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You can try to call drop-down driver.find_element_by_id("currencyCode").click() and then, when options became visible, choose required option driver.find_element_by_xpath('//option[@value="USD"]').click()

answered Dec 2, 2015 at 14:13

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Harsha Jasti Over a year ago

kept showing the same error andersson, it worked if i changed the display from "none" to "block" using javascript code. Thanks !

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