What is the way to get a list of options that can be selected from a dropdown using Selenium and Java?

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I want to get a list of all the options that can be selected from a dropdown menu in selenium using java. How can I do that?

Can you add the code that you have tried or the details about the java code? — TomTom, Jul 25 '20 at 06:48
Duplicate? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16768318/how-can-i-get-all-elements-from-drop-down-list-in-selenium-webdriver — TomTom, Jul 25 '20 at 06:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '20 at 05:48

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Use this method

getAllSelectedOptions()

Refer this site for more information https://www.codota.com/code/java/methods/org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select/getAllSelectedOptions

answered Jul 25 '20 at 05:48

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '20 at 21:34

There are multiple approaches to print the texts from the option elements of a drop-down-menu. Ideally while interacting with a html-selct you need to use the Select Class. Further to interact with all the <option> tags you need to use getOptions() method. As an example to print the texts from the Day, Month and Year option elements within facebook landing page https://www.facebook.com/ you you need to use WebDriverWait for the elementToBeClickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategies.

Options from Day Dropdown using id attribute:

WebElement dayElement = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("day")));
Select selectDay = new Select(dayElement);
List<WebElement> dayList = selectDay.getOptions();
for (int i=0; i<dayList.size(); i++)
    System.out.println(dayList.get(i).getText());

Options from Month Dropdown using xpath and java-8 stream() and map():

Select selectMonth = new Select(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//select[@id='month']"))));
List<String> myMonths = selectMonth.getOptions().stream().map(element->element.getText()).collect(Collectors.toList());
  System.out.println(myMonths);

Console Output:

[Month, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec]

Options from Month Dropdown using [tag:css_selectors] and java-8 stream() and map() in a single line of code:

System.out.println(new Select(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("select#year")))).getOptions().stream().map(element->element.getText()).collect(Collectors.toList()));

Console Output:

[Year, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905]

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 22 '20 at 20:53

This approch might help you to get understand how to get all selectable options from dropdown

driver.navigate().to("https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,10,100); 
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//a[@href='/dropdown']"))).click();    
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='dropdown']"));
Select select = new Select(element);    
List<WebElement>allOptions = select.getOptions();
        allOptions.forEach(value->{System.out.println(value.getText());});

What is the way to get a list of options that can be selected from a dropdown using Selenium and Java?

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