[selenium-users] Checking dropdown box items?

Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I wrote this to interact
with the options in a dropdown box:
(In Python):
def get_dropdown_options(driver, dropdown_locator):
     """ Returns a list of all options for a given dropdown selector
     required params:
     @dropdown_locator == CSS location of dropdown """
     dropdown_options = driver.find_elements_by_css_selector(
         dropdown_locator + " option")
     options = []
     for option in dropdown_options:
         options.append(option.text)
     return options

Then you'll have a variable (dropdown_options) that contains a list of all
the options in the dropdown.

Hope that helps,

-Doug

Hey if it is possible to do Manually, for sure it can be automated!!
1. Is it possible to do it Manually?
2. What have u tried?
3. If tried then what is the code & What point is it failing?

Thanks
Harsh Ma

Hi Harsh,

Yes while doing manually the dropdown box is getting collapsed but the
elements are still there.... I tried using isDisplayed() method but it did
not work for me...

This scenario automation depends on UI development.

this scenario is possible when you click on a element(dropdown) all the
options will be displayed in a new div. Verify the options if you want.
Click some where else that div will be hidden. We can verify for no
existence of this div and automate scenario.

If the control which u are clicking is a <select> then there is no way to
say the dropdown is expanded or minimized.

Check the dom of your app.

Thanks,
Phanindra


On Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:59:15 AM UTC+5:30, Sudhansu Sekhar panda
wrote:

This is how i resolved my issue of not consistently select a value on a
dropdown, having items not visible because its at the bottom of the
dropdown. THis can be shorten by using iList or Array..

  Public Sub doDropDownSelect(by As By, xpath As String, Optional
valueToSelect As String = "")
             'USAGE: dropDownSelect(dropdownid,"//*[@id='dropdown
id']/a/span","item in string")
             Try
                 If Sync(driver, by) Then
                     Sleep(1000)
                     ClickElement(by)
                     Dim myElement As IWebElement = driver.FindElement(by)
                     Dim myXpath = String.Format("//*[@id='{0}']/a/span",
by.ToString)

                     Dim myElements As
System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of IWebElement) =
myElement.FindElements(by.TagName("li"))

                     Dim r As New Random
                     Dim i As Integer = r.Next(0, myElements.Count - 1)
                     Dim j As Integer = 0
                     Dim k As Integer = 0

                     Dim mySelectedValue As String =
driver.FindElement(by.XPath(String.Format(xpath))).Text
                     'Get the index current selected value if any
                     If mySelectedValue <> "choose..." Then
                         For Each e As IWebElement In myElements
                             If e.Text = mySelectedValue Then
                                 Exit For
                             Else
                                 j = j + 1
                             End If
                         Next
                     End If
                     'mySelectedValue = myElements.item(j)

                     If valueToSelect = "" Then
                         valueToSelect = myElements.Item(i).Text
                     Else
                         For Each e As IWebElement In myElements
                             k = k + 1
                             If e.Text.Trim = valueToSelect.Trim Then
                                 'valuetoselect = myelements.item(k)
                                 i = k
                                 Exit For
                             End If
                         Next
                     End If

                     Dim t As Boolean = myElements.Item(i).Displayed
                     Dim y As String = myElements.Item(i).Text

                     While myElements.Item(i).Displayed <> True
                         If j > i Then
                             Dim Action = New
OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions.Actions(driver).SendKeys(Keys.ArrowUp)
                             Action.Perform()
                         Else
                             Dim Action = New
OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions.Actions(driver).SendKeys(Keys.ArrowDown)
                             Action.Perform()
                         End If
                         If valueToSelect = myElements.Item(i).Text Then

                             Exit While
                         End If
                     End While
                     myElements.Item(i).Click()
                 End If
             Catch ex As Exception
                 Throw ex
             End Try
         End Sub

You can click using the click() method using the "Actions" class to another
web element on the page.