Selenium not clicking on given element but click on next element

Question

I want to select a value from the dropdown menu and I am also able to select a value but it will select another value, not which that I have given.

Please see the below video. when I click on the dropdown one class appears in the background. and using that class I have created XPath but it will select a different value.

https://www.loom.com/share/e60dd141c3da426080646ec527cc029f

I have used this XPath for clicking on the dropdown and selecting values from it.

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="shipping_address"]//*[@class="Select-arrow"]').click()
time.sleep(2)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@class="Select-menu-outer"]//*[text()="Alaska"]').click()

I have many tried but not successes can anyone can help me?

Looks like the locator you are using is not unique. Can you share a link to that web page? — Prophet
– Prophet, Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 11:11
@Prophet this private so I can not share the link. but I am dam sure the locators are 100% unique. — Krupal Vaghasiya
– Krupal Vaghasiya, Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 11:18
@TacoVerhagen Please check the screenshots if you got any idea. ibb.co/2FWshd2 — Krupal Vaghasiya
– Krupal Vaghasiya, Commented Dec 10, 2021 at 5:11

Taco Verhagen · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-11 08:22:14Z

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The problem: you are clicking the div which contains ALL states instead of the specific state you want. To be exact you click the div[@class="Select-menu"]. What you want is this (1 layer deeper):

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="shipping_address"]//*[@class="Select-arrow"]').click()
time.sleep(2)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="Select-menu-outer"]//div[@role="option" and text()="Alaska"]').click()

General hint, if the FIRST item is always selected than you are clicking 1 level to 'low' in the tree.

answered Dec 11, 2021 at 8:22

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Krupal Vaghasiya Over a year ago

Thank you for your suggestion. But it is not working.

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