How to get selected option value in protractor

Question

How can I get currently selected option value of selectbox?

I have tried below code but it\'s not working.

element(by.css(\'#selectbox\')).all(by.tag         


        

Answer 1

You can either use .filter() to filter out the selected option, or target it directly with a CSS selector:

element(by.css('#selectbox option[selected]'))

Note that there is an overall nicer way to deal/interact with the select in Protractor:

• Select -> option abstraction

Answer 2

Is "selected" and attribute or a class-value?

It would work as "get element, which is selected, then read out its value"

In code:

//if selected is an attribute
element(by.css('#selectbox option[selected]')).getAttribute('value').then(function(value){
    console.log('selected option is '+value);
})

//if selected is a class-attribute
element(by.css('#selectbox option.selected')).getAttribute('value').then(function(value){
    console.log('selected option is '+value);
})

//note, that "element(by.css())" === "$()", so this is the same as the first one
$('#selectbox option[selected]').getAttribute('value').then(function(value){
    console.log('selected option is '+value);
})

Read more here about locators and even more important here about CSS-Selectors