Details

since 1.3
action-pack Selenese
action-list.json entry "select" : "actions.execute.Selection"
"selectAndWait" : "actions.execute.Selection"
author JOSF-core team
status active

Executes a selection on either a drop-down (or combo)box or a radio button, based on the type of element that is handled.

Default the selection will be on the visible text. Next to that you can also make a selection based on label (which is basically the same as the default selection on visible text), on value, id, and on index. When using the value option JOSF looks for a value element with the provided value within the options of the drop-down box . The id option makes it possible to select an element based on a unique id value which is given to the values in the drop-down box. When you use the index JOSF will select the value which is at the given index. The index is zero-based.

Radio buttons

Note that when executing select on a radio button, make sure you use the correct test data. Radio buttons are actually regular <input> elements with their type attribute set to radio. JOSF looks for the value attribute with the same value of the given test data.

Example

For the drop-down box example, we are using this W3Schools example. For the radio button example we'll use their example here.

Action name Object Data Result
select //select Opel Selects the Opel option.
select //select label=Audi Selects the Audi option.
select //select index=0 Selects the Volvo option.
select //select value=saab Selects the Saab option. Note: Even if the visible text has the same value, it may not always be the case with your objects. Using the Saab (uppercase) value will not select the desired option.
select //input male Selects the radio button male. Note: Even if the label next to the radio button has the same value, it may not always be the case with your objects. Using the Male (uppercase) value will not select the correct radio button.