Selenium Webdriver JAVA - Unable to select option from dropdown menu (JAVA)

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I have currently hit a stumbling block when trying to simply pick an option from a dropdown menu whilst automating a website.

Here is a snippet of the HTML:

<select id="alarm-dropdown" name="alarm-dropdown" data-bind="value: AlarmCode" data-ga-category="CarInsurance_YourVehicle_VehicleDetails_FittedWithAnAlarm" data-ga-action="Selected" data-ga-label="CarInsurance_YourVehicle_VehicleDetails_FittedWithAnAlarm">
   <option class="" selected="" disabled="" value="">Please select...</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-99991" value="99991">Factory Fitted Thatcham Approved Alarm/Immobiliser</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-99992" value="99992">Factory Fitted Thatcham Approved Alarm</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-99993" value="99993">Factory Fitted Non-Thatcham Alarm/Immobiliser</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-99994" value="99994">Factory Fitted Non-Thatcham Alarm</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-#F" value="#F">Factory Fitted</option>
   <option class="" id="alarm-dropdown-#N" value="#N">None</option>
</select>

Here is my current code: -

    Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("alarm-dropdown")));
    select.selectByValue("Factory Fitted Non-Thatcham Alarm");

I have tried XPATH/ID/CSS

I would think you need to use a value in the selectByValue() method - you are giving it the text instead. Instead of Factory Fitted Non-Thatcham Alarm use 99994. — takendarkk
– takendarkk, Commented Oct 29, 2017 at 16:44
Thanks for reply... Yea, I tried that originally as well.. I think its when im trying to identify the top level dropdown box... So strange... I dont seem to be able to "Get to" the available options in the dropdown... Driving me mad! Cheers Steve — Stevie Warbz
– Stevie Warbz, Commented Oct 29, 2017 at 17:02
Are you getting any errors like NoSuchElementException etc? — HaC
– HaC, Commented Oct 29, 2017 at 17:16
Yea best I have got in the console is: - Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: .\/html\/body\/div[3]\/div[2]\/article\/div[4]\/section\/section[1]\/div\/ol\/li[4]\/ol\/li[2]\/label[1]\/span[1] For documentation on this error, please visit: seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html — Stevie Warbz
– Stevie Warbz, Commented Oct 29, 2017 at 17:22
I have resolved it.... I really dont like using the Xpath but in this case it seems the only viable option... Please see attached code: - element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"alarm-dropdown\"]")); element.click(); Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("alarm-dropdown"))); select.selectByValue("#F"); Thanks guys Steve — Stevie Warbz
– Stevie Warbz, Commented Oct 29, 2017 at 17:30

Roberto Pegoraro · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-30 19:08:23Z

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Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("alarm-dropdown")));
select.selectByValue("99994");

answered Oct 30, 2017 at 19:08

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Davide Patti · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-29 18:08:58Z

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Try with the xpath:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='alarm-dropdown']/option[@value='99994']")).click();

answered Oct 29, 2017 at 18:08

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