Select functions

A Select function allows you select or deselect values from a drop-down box or a radio button. It includes a list of Selenium API methods to work with select boxes that contain the <select>…</select> tags. These functions interact with the UI comboboxes to select options.

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.locatorType("path")));

Some helpful snippets using select functions are given below:

• The selectByIndex(index) method selects an option using the index value. The following is the syntax for this function:

  select.selectByIndex(index);

  Let's get into the bookstore and select a product from a drop-down list. Here, we select the products at the top of the options list using the selectByTndex() method:

  driver.get("http://www.barnesandnoble.com/");
  Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("quick-search-1-category")));
  select.selectByIndex(1);
  select.selectByIndex(2);

• The selectByValue(value) method selects an option using value in the string format...