How can I get all elements from drop down list in Selenium WebDriver?

Question

How can I get all elements from a drop down list? I used the code below:

List elements = driver.findElements(By.id(\"s\"));

Answer 1

There are multiple approaches to print the texts from the option elements of a drop-down-menu. Ideally while interacting with a html-select element you need to use the Select Class. Further to interact with the tags you need to use getOptions() method.

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Demonstration

As an example to print the texts from the Day, Month and Year option elements within facebook landing page https://www.facebook.com/ you need to induce WebDriverWait for the elementToBeClickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategies.

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Options from Day Dropdown

Using id attribute:

• Code Block:

  WebElement dayElement = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("day")));
  Select selectDay = new Select(dayElement);
  List dayList = selectDay.getOptions();
  for (int i=0; i

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Options from Month Dropdown

Using xpath and java-8 stream() and map():

• Code Block:

  Select selectMonth = new Select(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//select[@id='month']"))));
  List myMonths = selectMonth.getOptions().stream().map(element->element.getText()).collect(Collectors.toList());
  System.out.println(myMonths);
  

• Console Output:

  [Month, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec]
  

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Options from Year Dropdown using a single line of code

Using [tag:css_selectors] and java-8 stream() and map() in a single line of code:

• Line of code:

  System.out.println(new Select(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("select#year")))).getOptions().stream().map(element->element.getText()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
  

• Console Output:

  [Year, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905]