How to select option in drop down protractorjs e2e tests
JavascriptAngularjsSeleniumTestingProtractorJavascript Problem Overview
I am trying to select an option from a drop down for the angular e2e tests using protractor.
Here is the code snippet of the select option:
<select id="locregion" class="create_select ng-pristine ng-invalid ng-invalid-required" required="" ng-disabled="organization.id !== undefined" ng-options="o.id as o.name for o in organizations" ng-model="organization.parent_id">
<option value="?" selected="selected"></option>
<option value="0">Ranjans Mobile Testing</option>
<option value="1">BeaverBox Testing</option>
<option value="2">BadgerBox</option>
<option value="3">CritterCase</option>
<option value="4">BoxLox</option>
<option value="5">BooBoBum</option>
</select>
I have tried:
ptor.findElement(protractor.By.css('select option:1')).click();
This gives me the following error:
An invalid or illegal string was specified Build info: version: '2.35.0', revision: 'c916b9d', time: '2013-08-12 15:42:01' System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.9', java.version: '1.6.0_65' Driver info: driver.version: unknown
I have also tried:
ptor.findElement(protractor.By.xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div/div[4]/div/div/div/div[3]/ng-include/div/div[2]/div/div/organization-form/form/div[2]/select/option[3]')).click();
This gives me the following error:
> ElementNotVisibleError: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with Command duration or timeout: 9 milliseconds Build info: version: '2.35.0', revision: 'c916b9d', time: '2013-08-12 15:42:01' System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.9', java.version: '1.6.0_65' Session ID: bdeb8088-d8ad-0f49-aad9-82201c45c63f Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver Capabilities [{platform=MAC, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=firefox, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, version=24.0, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=true, handlesAlerts=true, browserConnectionEnabled=true, nativeEvents=false, webStorageEnabled=true, applicationCacheEnabled=false, takesScreenshot=true}]
Can anyone please help me with this problem or throw some light on what i might be doing wrong here.
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
For me worked like a charm
element(by.cssContainingText('option', 'BeaverBox Testing')).click();
Solution 2 - Javascript
I had a similar problem, and eventually wrote a helper function that selects dropdown values.
I eventually decided that I was fine selecting by option number, and therefore wrote a method that takes an element and the optionNumber, and selects that optionNumber. If the optionNumber is null it selects nothing (leaving the dropdown unselected).
var selectDropdownbyNum = function ( element, optionNum ) {
if (optionNum){
var options = element.all(by.tagName('option'))
.then(function(options){
options[optionNum].click();
});
}
};
I wrote a blog post if you want more detail, it also covers verifying the text of the selected option in a dropdown: http://technpol.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/protractor-and-dropdowns-validation/
Solution 3 - Javascript
An elegant approach would involve making an abstraction similar to what other selenium language bindings offer out-of-the-box (e.g. Select class in Python or Java).
Let's make a convenient wrapper and hide implementation details inside:
var SelectWrapper = function(selector) {
this.webElement = element(selector);
};
SelectWrapper.prototype.getOptions = function() {
return this.webElement.all(by.tagName('option'));
};
SelectWrapper.prototype.getSelectedOptions = function() {
return this.webElement.all(by.css('option[selected="selected"]'));
};
SelectWrapper.prototype.selectByValue = function(value) {
return this.webElement.all(by.css('option[value="' + value + '"]')).click();
};
SelectWrapper.prototype.selectByPartialText = function(text) {
return this.webElement.all(by.cssContainingText('option', text)).click();
};
SelectWrapper.prototype.selectByText = function(text) {
return this.webElement.all(by.xpath('option[.="' + text + '"]')).click();
};
module.exports = SelectWrapper;
Usage example (note how readable and easy-to-use it is):
var SelectWrapper = require('select-wrapper');
var mySelect = new SelectWrapper(by.id('locregion'));
# select an option by value
mySelect.selectByValue('4');
# select by visible text
mySelect.selectByText('BoxLox');
Solution taken from the following topic: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28723419/select-option-abstraction.
FYI, created a feature request: Select -> option abstraction.
Solution 4 - Javascript
element(by.model('parent_id')).sendKeys('BKN01');
Solution 5 - Javascript
To access a specific option you need to provide the nth-child() selector:
ptor.findElement(protractor.By.css('select option:nth-child(1)')).click();
Solution 6 - Javascript
This is how i did my selection.
function switchType(typeName) {
$('.dropdown').element(By.cssContainingText('option', typeName)).click();
};
Solution 7 - Javascript
Here's how I did it:
$('select').click();
$('select option=["' + optionInputFromFunction + '"]').click();
// This looks useless but it slows down the click event
// long enough to register a change in Angular.
browser.actions().mouseDown().mouseUp().perform();
Solution 8 - Javascript
Try this, it is working for me:
element(by.model('formModel.client'))
.all(by.tagName('option'))
.get(120)
.click();
Solution 9 - Javascript
You can try this hope it will work
element.all(by.id('locregion')).then(function(selectItem) {
expect(selectItem[0].getText()).toEqual('Ranjans Mobile Testing')
selectItem[0].click(); //will click on first item
selectItem[3].click(); //will click on fourth item
});
Solution 10 - Javascript
Another way to set an option element:
var select = element(by.model('organization.parent_id'));
select.$('[value="1"]').click();
Solution 11 - Javascript
To select items (options) with unique ids like in here:
<select
ng-model="foo"
ng-options="bar as bar.title for bar in bars track by bar.id">
</select>
I'm using this:
element(by.css('[value="' + neededBarId+ '"]')).click();
Solution 12 - Javascript
We wrote a library which includes 3 ways to select an option:
selectOption(option: ElementFinder |Locator | string, timeout?: number): Promise<void>
selectOptionByIndex(select: ElementFinder | Locator | string, index: number, timeout?: number): Promise<void>
selectOptionByText(select: ElementFinder | Locator | string, text: string, timeout?: number): Promise<void>
Additional feature of this functions is that they wait for the element to be displayed before any action on the select is performed.
You can find it on npm @hetznercloud/protractor-test-helper. Typings for TypeScript are provided as well.
Solution 13 - Javascript
Maybe not super elegant, but efficient:
function selectOption(modelSelector, index) {
for (var i=0; i<index; i++){
element(by.model(modelSelector)).sendKeys("\uE015");
}
}
This just sends key down on the select you want, in our case, we are using modelSelector but obviously you can use any other selector.
Then in my page object model:
selectMyOption: function (optionNum) {
selectOption('myOption', optionNum)
}
And from the test:
myPage.selectMyOption(1);
Solution 14 - Javascript
The problem is that solutions that work on regular angular select boxes do not work with Angular Material md-select and md-option using protractor. This one was posted by another, but it worked for me and I am unable to comment on his post yet (only 23 rep points). Also, I cleaned it up a bit, instead of browser.sleep, I used browser.waitForAngular();
element.all(by.css('md-select')).each(function (eachElement, index) {
eachElement.click(); // select the <select>
browser.waitForAngular(); // wait for the renderings to take effect
element(by.css('md-option')).click(); // select the first md-option
browser.waitForAngular(); // wait for the renderings to take effect
});
Solution 15 - Javascript
There's an issue with selecting options in Firefox that Droogans's hack fixes that I want to mention here explicitly, hoping it might save someone some trouble: https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/480.
Even if your tests are passing locally with Firefox, you might find that they're failing on CircleCI or TravisCI or whatever you're using for CI&deployment. Being aware of this problem from the beginning would have saved me a lot of time:)
Solution 16 - Javascript
I've been trawling the net for an answer on how to select an option in a model dropdown and i've used this combination which has helped me out with Angular material.
element(by.model("ModelName")).click().element(By.xpath('xpathlocation')).click();
it appears that when throwing the code all in one line it could find the element in the dropdown.
Took a lot of time for this solution I hope that this helps someone out.
Solution 17 - Javascript
Helper to set the an option element:
selectDropDownByText:function(optionValue) {
element(by.cssContainingText('option', optionValue)).click(); //optionValue: dropDownOption
}
Solution 18 - Javascript
If below is the given dropdown-
<select ng-model="operator">
<option value="name">Addition</option>
<option value="age">Division</option>
</select>
Then protractorjs code can be-
var operators=element(by.model('operator'));
operators.$('[value=Addition]').click();
Solution 19 - Javascript
Select option by Index:
var selectDropdownElement= element(by.id('select-dropdown'));
selectDropdownElement.all(by.tagName('option'))
.then(function (options) {
options[0].click();
});
Solution 20 - Javascript
I've improved a bit the solution written by PaulL. First of all I fixed the code to be compatible with the last Protractor API. And then I declare the function in 'onPrepare' section of a Protractor config file as a member of the browser instance, so it can be referenced form any e2e spec.
onPrepare: function() {
browser._selectDropdownbyNum = function (element, optionNum) {
/* A helper function to select in a dropdown control an option
* with specified number.
*/
return element.all(by.tagName('option')).then(
function(options) {
options[optionNum].click();
});
};
},
Solution 21 - Javascript
The below example is the easiest way . I have tested and passed in Protractor Version 5.4.2
//Drop down selection using option's visibility text
element(by.model('currency')).element(by.css("[value='Dollar']")).click();
Or use this, it $ isshort form for .By.css
element(by.model('currency')).$('[value="Dollar"]').click();
//To select using index
var select = element(by.id('userSelect'));
select.$('[value="1"]').click(); // To select using the index .$ means a shortcut to .By.css
Full code
describe('Protractor Demo App', function() {
it('should have a title', function() {
browser.driver.get('http://www.way2automation.com/angularjs-protractor/banking/#/');
expect(browser.getTitle()).toEqual('Protractor practice website - Banking App');
element(by.buttonText('Bank Manager Login')).click();
element(by.buttonText('Open Account')).click();
//Drop down selection using option's visibility text
element(by.model('currency')).element(by.css("[value='Dollar']")).click();
//This is a short form. $ in short form for .By.css
// element(by.model('currency')).$('[value="Dollar"]').click();
//To select using index
var select = element(by.id('userSelect'));
select.$('[value="1"]').click(); // To select using the index .$ means a shortcut to .By.css
element(by.buttonText("Process")).click();
browser.sleep(7500);// wait in miliseconds
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();
});
});
Solution 22 - Javascript
If none of the answer's above worked for you, try this
works with async/await too
For selecting options by text
let textOption = "option2"
await element(by.whichever('YOUR_DROPDOWN_SELECTOR'))
.getWebElement()
.findElement(by.xpath(`.//option[text()="${textOption}"]`))
.click();
or by number
let optionNumber = 2
await element(by.whichever('YOUR_DROPDOWN_SELECTOR'))
.getWebElement()
.findElement(by.xpath(`.//option[${optionNumber}]`))
.click();
Of course you may need to modify the xpath of child options
Don't ask me why, but this is the only way I could automate my dropdowns, when I lost hope already
Update
There was actually one case when even this approach didnt work. THe work around was a bit ugly but worked. I simply had to select the value two times
Solution 23 - Javascript
We wanted to use the elegant solution up there using angularjs material but it didnt work because there are actually no option / md-option tags in the DOM until the md-select has been clicked. So the "elegant" way didn't work for us (note angular material!) Here is what we did for it instead, don't know if its the best way but its definately working now
element.all(by.css('md-select')).each(function (eachElement, index) {
eachElement.click(); // select the <select>
browser.driver.sleep(500); // wait for the renderings to take effect
element(by.css('md-option')).click(); // select the first md-option
browser.driver.sleep(500); // wait for the renderings to take effect
});
We needed to have 4 selects selected and while the select is open, there is an overlay in the way of selecting the next select. thats why we need to wait 500ms to make sure we don't get into trouble with the material effects still being in action.
Solution 24 - Javascript
Another way to set an option element:
var setOption = function(optionToSelect) {
var select = element(by.id('locregion'));
select.click();
select.all(by.tagName('option')).filter(function(elem, index) {
return elem.getText().then(function(text) {
return text === optionToSelect;
});
}).then(function(filteredElements){
filteredElements[0].click();
});
};
// using the function
setOption('BeaverBox Testing');
Solution 25 - Javascript
----------
element.all(by.id('locregion')).then(function(Item)
{
// Item[x] = > // x is [0,1,2,3]element you want to click
Item[0].click(); //first item
Item[3].click(); // fourth item
expect(Item[0].getText()).toEqual('Ranjans Mobile Testing')
});
Solution 26 - Javascript
You can select dropdown options by value:
$('#locregion').$('[value="1"]').click();
Solution 27 - Javascript
Here is how to do it by either option value or index. This example is a bit crude, but it shows how to do what you want:
html:
<mat-form-field id="your-id">
<mat-select>
<mat-option [value]="1">1</mat-option>
<mat-option [value]="2">2</mat-option>
</mat-select>
</mat-form-field>
ts:
function selectOptionByOptionValue(selectFormFieldElementId, valueToFind) {
const formField = element(by.id(selectFormFieldElementId));
formField.click().then(() => {
formField.element(by.tagName('mat-select'))
.getAttribute('aria-owns').then((optionIdsString: string) => {
const optionIds = optionIdsString.split(' ');
for (let optionId of optionIds) {
const option = element(by.id(optionId));
option.getText().then((text) => {
if (text === valueToFind) {
option.click();
}
});
}
});
});
}
function selectOptionByOptionIndex(selectFormFieldElementId, index) {
const formField = element(by.id(selectFormFieldElementId));
formField.click().then(() => {
formField.element(by.tagName('mat-select'))
.getAttribute('aria-owns').then((optionIdsString: string) => {
const optionIds = optionIdsString.split(' ');
const optionId = optionIds[index];
const option = element(by.id(optionId));
option.click();
});
});
}
selectOptionByOptionValue('your-id', '1'); //selects first option
selectOptionByOptionIndex('your-id', 1); //selects second option
Solution 28 - Javascript
static selectDropdownValue(dropDownLocator,dropDownListLocator,dropDownValue){
let ListVal ='';
WebLibraryUtils.getElement('xpath',dropDownLocator).click()
WebLibraryUtils.getElements('xpath',dropDownListLocator).then(function(selectItem){
if(selectItem.length>0)
{
for( let i =0;i<=selectItem.length;i++)
{
if(selectItem[i]==dropDownValue)
{
console.log(selectItem[i])
selectItem[i].click();
}
}
}
})
}
Solution 29 - Javascript
We can create a custom DropDown class for this and add a method as:
async selectSingleValue(value: string) {
await this.element.element(by.xpath('.//option[normalize-space(.)=\'' + value + '\']')).click();
}
Also, to verify what value is currently selected, we can have:
async getSelectedValues() {
return await this.element.$('option:checked').getText();
}
Solution 30 - Javascript
This is a simple one line answer in which angular has special locator which can help to select and index from list.
element.all(by.options('o.id as o.name for o in organizations')).get(Index).click()
Solution 31 - Javascript
This worked fine for Angular Material
element(by.css("mat-select[formcontrolname=myMatSelect]")).sendKeys(valueToSet);
It should not set the "valueToSet" if it's not present in your options.
Solution 32 - Javascript
The simplest method to select an option using the index I have found is,
var selectDropdownElement = await element(by.xpath("Some Xpath"));
await selectDropdownElement.all(by.tagName('option')).then(function (options) {
options[index].click();
});
'index' is the option number which you want to click
Solution 33 - Javascript
Select the option by CSS property
element(by.model("organization.parent_id")).element(by.css("[value='1']")).click();
or
element(by.css("#locregion")).element(by.css("[value='1']")).click();
Where locregion(id), organization.parent_id(model name) are the attributes of select element.
Solution 34 - Javascript
You can select drop down options like this:
element(by.xpath(
'//*[@id="locregion"]//option[contains(text(),"Ranjans Mobile Testing")]'
)).click();