How to handle multi select list box using selenium?

Question

Help me with selenium commands/code to fetch the data from the list. We can only select the data from the list, since entering text(like auto search) is not allowed.

I have used the following code, but couldn't resolve the issue. Also I have doubt regarding which xpath given Do I need to give the xpath of the input field or the drop down list?

    *WebElement mySelectElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='basicBootstrapForm']/div[7]/div/multi-select"));
    Select dropdown= new Select(mySelectElement);
        dropdown.selectByValue("Arabic");
        dropdown.selectByIndex(2);
        dropdown.selectByVisibleText("Catalan");*

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KunduK · Answer 1 · 2019-03-04T15:01:51.693

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You need to first click on the dropdwon box and then find out the elemnet you are looking for and then click.Hope this help you.Let me know if this work

driver.findElement(By.id("msdd")).click();
        List<WebElement> languages=driver.findElements(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-corner-all']"));
        for(int i=0;i<languages.size();i++)
          {
            System.out.println(languages.get(i).getText());
            if(languages.get(i).getText().equalsIgnoreCase("Arabic"))
            {
                languages.get(i).click();
                break;
            }
          }

edited Mar 04 '19 at 15:01

answered Mar 04 '19 at 14:47

KunduK

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Thanks Kajal. It was very helpful. What if I need to select multiple values say Arabic, Dutch and English from the list? – Sudha Thangavel Mar 07 '19 at 10:12

How to handle multi select list box using selenium?

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