How to detect xpath of 3 separate dropdowns with similar id, names, index postion?

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If 3 of the dropdowns like in the screenshots got similar id names and all. How to locate them then? 3 of them have got similar xpaths. How to detect them? enter image description here

You can detect all the dropdowns uniquely using different [locator strategies](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48369043/official-locator-strategies-for-the-webdriver). — undetected Selenium, Aug 03 '22 at 04:37
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score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 03 '22 at 06:31

You can use findElements to identify all of them and use index to identify them.

List<WebElement> elementName = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//select[@id='formrow-inputSector']"));

You can use relative location strategy like parent, ancestor or child Assuming there is a div containing 'Choose Organization' and choose product inside the select. ( or if select itself contains the text - use text() = 'Choose Organization' - this won't work if there is some other value selected previously)
```
WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[child::*//*[text()='Choose Organization']]"))
```

or use siblings, ancestors or parent

(https://www.guru99.com/using-contains-sbiling-ancestor-to-find-element-in-selenium.html - For Reference )

How to detect xpath of 3 separate dropdowns with similar id, names, index postion?

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