Question

I want to access the following elements with the only indicator of value using java.
All the text values identified with option value, under name=”txnSource”, are selections that can be made from a drop-down selector.

I’d like to automate the selection of the value from the drop-down box is why I need to know how to access the values…
There is no “findElement(By.value(“value”))” so how can I access the element by value ??

I think accessing by xpath would be extremely volatile. Also, any change in the options in the drop-down would require a whole reworking of the xpath identification.

Answer 1

You can select an option from pick list like this

new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("txnSource"))).selectByVisibleText("Text- Stock Movement (DOGS)");

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Select.html