Using Selenium (Java),Unable to select a particular value from dropdown

Question

In my application, there is a drop down to select "Estimation Date":

Please find below my test case. It is failing at the line where I am trying to select "Since":

public class dropdown_issue {

    GenericFunctions gf= new GenericFunctions();

    @Test(enabled = true)

    public void dropdown () throws InterruptedException{
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","D:\\Selenium\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe"); 
        WebDriver dr=new FirefoxDriver();
        dr.get("http://10.127.129.79:8080/abc");

        Thread.sleep(3000);
        dr.findElement(By.id("username")).sendKeys("user");
        dr.findElement(By.id("password")).sendKeys("user");
        dr.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@type='submit']")).click();
        WebElement est_date_dd= dr.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='clearfix']//select[@name='est-date']"));
        Select est_date= new Select(est_date_dd);
        est_date.selectByValue("Since");
        Thread.sleep(3000);
        dr.quit();  
    }
}

Answer 1

I observe this same behavior. "SelectByValue( )" doen not working sometime. Below solution worked well for me :

• Click on listbox
• Once list & options are visible, Assert/Check visibility for option which you want to select preferably by name locator
• Then using click() perform click on that option & it will set the actual value to list box.
• For confirmation, again you can check correct value is selected in listbox or not?

Answer 2

The value of the option is actually string:SINCE.

Either use this value or select by visible text:

est_date.selectByValue("string:SINCE");

// or est_date.selectByVisibleText("Since ");

Answer 3

Looks like you are trying to automate AngularJS website..

From locators perspective, I don't see any problem in the code..

I would suggest to do the following -

Before selecting the drop down, try clicking on dropdown and see the code works or not.

    WebElement est_date_dd= 
    dr.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='clearfix']//select[@name='est-date']"));
    est_date_dd.click();    
    Select est_date= new Select(est_date_dd);
    est_date.selectByValue("Since");

Let me know if this doesn't work.

Thanks!