How to get selected option using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Question

I want to get the selected label or value of a drop down using Selenium WebDriver and then print it on the console.

I am able to select any value from the drop down, but I am not able to retrieve the selected value and print it:

Select select = new 
Select(driver.findElement(By.id("MyDropDown"))).selectByVisibleText(data[11].substring(1 , data[11].length()-1));
WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();

But all my efforts were in vain. How do I get the selected option?

score 72 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 09 '18 at 07:28

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You should be able to get the text using getText() (for the option element you got using getFirstSelectedOption()):

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select")));
WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();
String defaultItem = option.getText();
System.out.println(defaultItem );

edited Jan 09 '18 at 07:28

Ripon Al Wasim

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answered Aug 13 '12 at 16:21

Justin Ko

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I would add for future readers that we need to import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select to work on Select elements. – Michal Sep 05 '13 at 08:34
getFirstSelectedOption throws a org.openqa.selenium.NotFoundException when no option is selected. I would recommend catching that exception as a defensive measure. – Jim Kennedy Mar 28 '21 at 05:48

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '12 at 04:09

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Completing the answer:

String selectedOption = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("Type the xpath of the drop-down element"))).getFirstSelectedOption().getText();

Assert.assertEquals("Please select any option...", selectedOption);

answered Oct 11 '12 at 04:09

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '16 at 11:24

In Selenium Python it is:

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select

def get_selected_value_from_drop_down(self):
    try:
        select = Select(WebDriverWait(self.driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, 'data_configuration_edit_data_object_tab_details_lb_use_for_match'))))
        return select.first_selected_option.get_attribute("value")
    except NoSuchElementException, e:
        print "Element not found "
        print e

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 30 '17 at 13:30

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On the following option:

WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();
option.getText();

If from the method getText() you get a blank, you can get the string from the value of the option using the method getAttribute:

WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();
option.getAttribute("value");

edited Oct 30 '17 at 13:30

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answered Oct 30 '17 at 12:35

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subash chandrabose · Answer 5 · 2022-12-09T08:26:46.887

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short answer

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select")));
System.out.println("selected items from the dropdown"+ select.getFirstSelectedOption().getText());

edited Dec 09 '22 at 08:26

answered Dec 09 '22 at 08:25

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 09:37

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var option = driver.FindElement(By.Id("employmentType"));
        var selectElement = new SelectElement(option);
        Task.Delay(3000).Wait();
        selectElement.SelectByIndex(2);
        Console.Read();

answered Dec 08 '16 at 09:37

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While this code snippet may solve the question, [including an explanation](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/114762/explaining-entirely-code-based-answers) really helps to improve the quality of your post. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, and those people might not know the reasons for your code suggestion. – DimaSan Dec 08 '16 at 09:58

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