Python Selenium: select option

Question

I have to select an option from a dropdown menu, the HTML code is

<select id="formIdVeic" style="width: 250px; display: none;" class="combobox-f combo-f" comboname="formIdVeic">
    <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
    <option value="E">TARGA ESTERA </option>
    <option value="J">TARGA FILOBUS </option>
    <option value="L">TELAIO </option>
    <option value="TN" selected="selected">TARGA ITALIANA NUOVO FORMATO </option>
    <option value="TS">TARGA ITALIANA SPECIALE </option>
    <option value="TV">TARGA ITALIANA VECCHIO FORMATO </option>
    <option value="X">TARGA PROVA </option>
    <option value="Y">TARGA PROVVISORIA </option>
</select>

I want to select the "TV" option. The solution I've come to is

from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select
...
a=Select(browser.find_element_by_xpath('//select[@id="formIdVeic"]'))
a.select_by_visible_text("TARGA ITALIANA VECCHIO FORMATO").click()

or

a.select_by_value("TV").click()

where browser is a web browser driver. Both the solutions return an exception:

ElementNotVisibleException: element not visible: 
Element is not currently visible and may not be manipulated

Where am I doing wrong?

That exactly what selenium saying: "the element not visible" — Eugene
– Eugene, Commented May 5, 2016 at 12:35
Ok, thanks. Now, it comes to my mind, when I inspect the dropdown menu, it doesn't redirect me to the select contruction, but to this: <span class="combo" style="width: 248px;"> <input type="text" class="combo-text validatebox-text" autocomplete="off" readonly="readonly" style="width: 230px;"> <span> <span class="combo-arrow"> </span> </span> <input type="hidden" class="combo-value" name="formIdVeic" value="TN"> </span>. What can I do with this? — Matteo Felici
– Matteo Felici, Commented May 5, 2016 at 12:37

Eugene · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 12:38:09Z

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You can't select the non visible element in Selenium. The source for the visibility check -

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/master/javascript/atoms/dom.js#L577

answered May 5, 2016 at 12:38

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