Find CURRENTLY selected with XPath

Question

What\'s the correct XPath syntax to check if an option element is currently selected, or just to get the selected option

Answer 1

The problem could be the " (double quotes).

//select/option[@selected='selected'] - Will match the selected option, i am using this successfully.

//select/option[@selected='selected' and @value='specific value'] - Will only match the selected option if it has a 'specific value', i'm also using this.

If you are still having trouble, it could be an entirely different problem, perhaps there is no option node. I hope this helps.