How to select a value from dropdown with Selenium?

Question

This is the source code :

 <select name="backgroundcolor" onchange="backgroundColor();">
    <option value="200">Red</option>
    ....      
 </select>

I tried below code in order to select the "Red" option but it didn't work.

Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("backgroundcolor")));
dropDown.selectByValue("200");

I'm getting NoSuchElementException Exception

Unable to locate element //*[name='backgroundcolor']

Possible duplicate of [Webdriver - Unable to locate element (Java)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39373814/webdriver-unable-to-locate-element-java) — Roddy of the Frozen Peas, Aug 01 '17 at 22:03
@gingerdd, If your issue has been resolved then post as an answer which you tried so far — NarendraR, Aug 02 '17 at 05:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 20:28

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try this

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("backgroundcolor")));
select.deselectAll();
select.selectByVisibleText("Red");

perhaps the By.name is the problem, i am used to using something like :

By.xpath("//path_to_drop_down"))

answered Aug 01 '17 at 20:28

Max Alexander Hanna

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 20:42

try this, you need to convert the below code to the language you are using

from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select as WebDriverSelect
element = WebDriverSelect(driver.find_element_by_name('backgroundcolor'))
element.select_by_value('200')

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 21:51

You note that it's possibly a timing issue. If so, you'll need to wait until the element appears on the page. Try this:

By locator = By.name("backgroundcolor");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(locator));
Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(locator));
dropDown.selectByValue("200");

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 02 '17 at 12:53

I got " Unable to locate element *[name='backgroundcolor'] " error.I solved that problem when firstly I try to reach the iframe which contain that dropdown.It's a timing issue by the way.

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(theindexofframe));
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.name("backgroundcolor")));

You should wait for the iframe to be loaded after that you should wait for the "backgroundcolor" element to be loaded also.After that you can select the value from dropdown like this:

Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("backgroundcolor")));
dropDown.selectByValue("200");

How to select a value from dropdown with Selenium?

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