How to click on a text in a Container Column Container Using Selenium C#?

Question

HTML looks like below

<div id="ctl00_ContentColumnContent_PatientPanel" > 
    <span id="ctl00_ContentColumnContent_lblPatient" class="label required">
       Select a Patient:
    </span>

    <select name="ctl00$ContentColumnContent$ddlPatient" id="ctl00_ContentColumnContent_ddlPatient" class="select wide" size="10">
       <option value="0">**Delhi**</option>
       <option value="5422">Mumbai</option>
       <option value="326">Chennai</option>
    </select>

<span id="ctl00_ContentColumnContent_rfvPatient" style="color: red; visibility: hidden;">
   Field is required
</span>
</div>

I want to click on "Delhi".

Please guide me how to do this.

possible duplicate of [How to Using Webdriver Selenium for selecting an option in C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5278281/how-to-using-webdriver-selenium-for-selecting-an-option-in-c) — Vikas Ojha, Jun 13 '15 at 19:08
@Vikas, I tried using XPath, but it's throwing error. Even for some other items it's saying not able to locate item. For those items I tried name/id. I am having issue for only some of the controls. Please guide for any suggestion. — Pinakee, Jun 14 '15 at 05:21
I have tried these 2 options,1--CssSelector driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("#ctl00_ContentColumnContent_ddlPatient > option:nth-child(1)").Click(); 2--XPath driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("//*[@id="ctl00_ContentColumnContent_ddlPatient"]/option[1]").Click(); — Pinakee, Jun 14 '15 at 06:04
In the second option you are saying you used *xpath* but your code says *By.CssSelector* — Vikas Ojha, Jun 14 '15 at 06:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '15 at 06:57

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Following should work -

// select the drop down list
var patient = driver.FindElement(By.Name("ctl00$ContentColumnContent$ddlPatient"));
//create select element object 
var selectElement = new SelectElement(patient );

// select by text
selectElement.SelectByText("**Delhi**");

answered Jun 14 '15 at 06:57

Vikas Ojha

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Thanks Vikas, it worked. Thanks a lot. And sorry for the confusion actually I copied and forgot to rename it as XPath. Will take care while posting any more queries. – Pinakee Jun 14 '15 at 14:51
No problem. I am glad it helped. Please select my answer as successful. – Vikas Ojha Jun 14 '15 at 18:02

How to click on a text in a Container Column Container Using Selenium C#?

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