webdriverio: Can't get the sected options of a

Sorry, I tried .element, .elements, .getSelected with no success.

Java and C# drivers have a getFirstSelected()

Is it possible to get the selected options with webdriver.js ? If not, should it be added ?

Note : S/O question : http://stackoverflow.com/q/22153812/587407

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• State: closed
• Created 10 years ago
• Comments: 16 (5 by maintainers)

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I like using the value to retrieve the text:

/** assume you found your select and called it 'element' */
/** I want to find the selected option text and store it in 'optionText' */
/**
  (obviously you'd not want to clutter your namespace with 'optionValue' 'option'
  so in real life you'd encapsulate this or one-line it. 
  I just think this is easy to read)
*/
const optionValue = element.getValue();
const option = element.$(`[value='${optionValue}']`);
const optionText = option.getText();

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MatthiasEngh on Jan 8, 2020

Hi @Yvem

yeah it is possible. Lets say we have the following <select> element:

<select name="test" id="select">
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
    <option value="3">3</option>
</select>

You get the current selected option by using getValue and you can change the selection by using click. Here is an simple example:

var webdriverjs = require('webdriverjs'),
    client      = webdriverjs.remote({desiredCapabilities:{browserName:'phantomjs'}}).init();

client
    .url('http://localhost:8080')
    .getValue('#select',function(err,val){
        console.log(val); // will output "1"
    })
    .click('//*[@id="select"]/option[3]')
    .getValue('#select',function(err,val){
        console.log(val); // will output "3"
    })
    .end();

Hope that helps.

cheers

+1

christian-bromann on Mar 3, 2014

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