Help with _WD_ElementOptionSelec

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

I'm wondering how I should be using this? 

Is this correct? 

I'm putting the Xpath followed by "//option[2]" but I don't think this is correct 

_WD_ElementOptionSelect($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, '//*[@id="titleInProceedings"]/div/div[1]/div[1]//option[2]')

But this fails because it's now looking for an xpath with //option[2] on the end. 

Log

_WD_FindElement ==> No match [8] : Parameters:   Strategy=xpath   Selector=//*[@id="titleInProceedings"]/div/div[1]/div[1]//option[2]   StartNodeID=   Multiple=Default   ShadowRoot=Default
_WD_ElementOptionSelect ==> No match [8] : Parameters:    Strategy=xpath    Selector=//*[@id="titleInProceedings"]/div/div[1]/div[1]//option[2]    StartElement=Default

Can anyone post an example of using this function to select the first item in the dropdown list? 

 

Thanks so much! 

[Danyfirex]

If you have the value you could do this I think

 

_WD_ElementOptionSelect($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='MyID']/ul/li[contains(.,'My Selection Value')]")

 

Saludos

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @CaptainBeardsEyesBeard,

could you share a bit of the DOM (reachable by the Browser DevTools as you surely know). It's not necessary to show us the website, but at least a snippet to test and suggest proper answers would be fine. The answer of @Danyfirex is one good way of doing it, but depending on how your website structure (DOM) looks like there could be more matchable ways or something.

Best regards
Sven

[Danyfirex]

@SOLVE-SMART You're right I just share a way to because he did  not share element html.

 

Saludos

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

21 hours ago, Danyfirex said:

If you have the value you could do this I think

 

_WD_ElementOptionSelect($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='MyID']/ul/li[contains(.,'My Selection Value')]")

 

Saludos

Thanks, I tried this 

_WD_ElementOptionSelect($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, '//*[@id="type"]/div/div[1][contains(.,"Male")]')

Now get below in terminal 

_WD_FindElement ==> No match [8] : Parameters:   Strategy=xpath   Selector=//*[@id="type"]/div/div[1][contains(.,"Male")]   StartNodeID=   Multiple=Default   ShadowRoot=Default
_WD_ElementOptionSelect ==> No match [8] : Parameters:    Strategy=xpath    Selector=//*[@id="type"]/div/div[1][contains(.,"Male")]    StartElement=Default

Here's the HTML bit below

Edited March 20 by CaptainBeardsEyesBeard

[Danyfirex]

PM me the whole page saved as html. It would be easier.

 

Saludos

[SOLVE-SMART]

Just as a hint @CaptainBeardsEyesBeard, you can copy parts of the DOM and paste it here (as text).
Then we are able to manipulate any website to have your DOM snippet in it and could properly test the XPath and the _WD_* functions.
But I am sure @Danyfirex can help you in case you follow his/her suggestion 😀 .

And by the way:
Your XPath and your DOM snippet image does not match at all (as far as I can see). No @id="type" visible in the image, no "Male" text visible in the image.
That's why I suggest to post a wider DOM snippet as text (html), like Danyfirex said before.

Best regards
Sven

Edited March 20 by SOLVE-SMART