Select a dropdown using Python + Selenium

Question

I am writing an automation for work and am stuck with a dropdown. The particular select box in question is as follows:

<span class="a-dropdown-container" id="select-size-bulk-asin">
    <select name="display_type" class="a-native-dropdown">
        <option value="SMALL-IMAGES">SMALL-IMAGES</option>
        <option value="LARGE-IMAGES">LARGE-IMAGES</option>
        <option value="TEXT">TEXT</option>
    </select>

    <span tabindex="-1" data-a-class="a-spacing-small" class="a-button a-button-dropdown a-spacing-small">
        <span class="a-button-inner">
        <span class="a-button-text a-declarative" data-action="a-dropdown-button" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-pressed="false" aria-owns="2_dropdown_combobox">
        <span class="a-dropdown-prompt">SMALL-IMAGES</span>
        </span>
        <i class="a-icon a-icon-dropdown"></i>
        </span>
        </span>
    </span>

It defaults to 'SMALL Images' and I would like to select the 'TEXT' option. I am receiving element not clickable error. The page is simple and the element is visible on the screen.

The list of methods I did try are:

Used WebDriverWait to wait for the element to be visible;
Used WebDriverWait to wait for the element to be clickable;
Used the select class to set the selected option;
I also read through a question.

I am thinking if I should just go to the next element and send Shift+Tabs until I reach this drop down and then down arrow keys. But would like to use that only as the last resort.

NOTE: - I am using Python 3 and Chrome.

Post your code and error message.

Ratmir Asanov
– Ratmir Asanov

2018-06-24 08:17:17 +00:00
Commented Jun 24, 2018 at 8:17 — Ratmir Asanov
– Ratmir Asanov, Commented Jun 24, 2018 at 8:17

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-24 09:01:32Z

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You can try this code to select value from drop down :

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id('select-size-bulk-asin'))
select.select_by_visible_text('TEXT')

However,as you have mentioned you are receiving element not clickable exception. you can try this code :

WebDriverWait(browser, 30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "select-size-bulk-asin")))

As a last resort you can go ahead with :

drop_down= driver.find_element_by_id("select-size-bulk-asin")
drop_down.click()

actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.send_keys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)
actions.send_keys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)
actions.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
actions.perform()

answered Jun 24, 2018 at 9:01

cruisepandey

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2 Comments

Vignesh Palani Over a year ago

I was finally able to use the ActionChains library as per this suggestion and it worked. Thank you!!!

cruisepandey Over a year ago

@VigneshPalani : Glad it worked for you. Happy sunday.

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