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

WebElement ele=driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='month']"));
        List<WebElement> x = ele.findElements(By.tagName("option"));
        for(WebElement ele1:x) {
            String y=ele1.getAttribute("innerHTML");
            System.out.println(y);
        }

Answer 2

I took Facebook's registration page as an example it may help to understand.

Here is a code to get all month's names option as a list from the month's dropdown list.

List<WebElement> option = driver.findElements((By.xpath("//[@id='month']/option")));

ArrayList a = new ArrayList();

        for (WebElement str: option)
        {
           String s =  str.getText();
           if(!s.equals("Month")) {
               a.add(s);
         }
           else {
               continue;
           }
        }

System.out.println("The Output is: "+ a);

Explanation of the above code is,

1. Storing all the elements in a list.
2. Declaring an empty Array list for storing options.
3. By using for each loop to extract all the options one by one and store into the ArrayList.
4. Printing all options as a list.

Hope this will help you.! Best Luck.!!

Answer 3

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 <option> 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<WebElement> dayList = selectDay.getOptions();
  for (int i=0; i<dayList.size(); i++)
      System.out.println(dayList.get(i).getText());
  

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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<String> 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]
  

Answer 4

Namita,

with below code you will get list of options available in select box and you click on one.

List options = select.findElements(By.tagName("option"));

    for(WebElement option : options){
        if(option.getText().equals("male")) {
            option.click();
            break;
        }
    }

Answer 5

Here is a method to get all dropdowns and return in list.

    public List getDropDownList(String Xpath) {
    WebElement dropdowns = driver.findElement(By.xpath(Xpath));
    Select select = new Select(dropdowns);
    List<String> dropdown = new ArrayList<String>();
    List<WebElement> allOptions = select.getAllSelectedOptions();
    Iterator<WebElement> itr = allOptions.iterator();
    while (itr.hasNext()) {
        String st = itr.next().getText();
        dropdown.add(st);
     }
    return dropdown;
   }

Hope it will help you.

Answer 6

String [] ex = {"A","b","c","d"};

List<WebElement> Str  = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"institutionName\"]/option"));

for (int i = 0; i < ex.length; i++) {
    System.out.println(Str.get(i).getText());  
    Assert.assertEquals(ex[i], Str.get(i).getText());
}