Selecting value from autosuggestion box using selenium webdriver

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I am trying to automate wikipedia - search text field - using selenium webdriver.

I want to send text "kin" into it and select value "kinu" from the autopopulated list.

HTML for input box:input type="search" dir="auto" accesskey="F" autofocus="autofocus" size="20" name="search" id="searchInput" results="10" autocomplete="off" list="suggestions"

is there any way to traverse through the list by using key down event and select value "kinu" from the list?

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From firebug , i can see that HTML for this field "kinu" is <"option value="Kinu">. enter image description here

so i tried finding the value using xpath WebElement el1= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//option[@value='kinu']")); but i am not able to find it. is there any other way to get this ?

could you please edit your post, and include HTML, including the textbox, **and** the ` — ddavison, Apr 28 '15 at 11:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 03 '17 at 15:14

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You MAY need the driver to click the element first (auto complete box) then use the following:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@id, 'searchInput')]")).sendKeys("Kinu" + Keys.ENTER);

edited Jan 03 '17 at 15:14

demongolem

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answered Jan 03 '17 at 14:55

Danny

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '15 at 16:54

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Fastest way in my view:

driver.findElement(By.id("searchInput")).sendKeys("Kinu");

Good code example might be found there: Need to find element in selenium by css

answered Apr 28 '15 at 16:54

Ivan Litskevich

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