How to select an option from a dropdown of non select tag?

Question

I am trying to select a value from a dropdown menu. I tried a lot of solutions found here but nothing work, sometimes I have the error can\'t scroll to view.

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Answer 1

The correct code would be

s1=Select(driver.find_element_by_id('parentId'))
s1.select_by_value('315')

HTML attributes are very strict when it comes to extra spaces or line breaks, you need to provide value exactly as it is

See Select Support chapter for Python WebDriver APIs designed for working with <select> tags

With regards to overall test design a good idea is implementing Page Object Model Design Pattern, it will allow you to split UI and test logic and make your test robust, reliable and easier to refactor. See Page Objects chapter for more information.

Answer 2

To select an option e.g. Automobiles from a dropdown menu of non <select> tag you can use the following solution:

• Code Block:

  from selenium import webdriver
  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  
  options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  options.add_argument('start-maximized')
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
  driver.get('https://dzairannonces.com/posts/create')
  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.select2-selection__rendered#select2-parentId-container"))).click()
  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='select2-results']/ul//li[@class='select2-results__option' and contains(., 'Automobiles')]"))).click()
  

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