Web Dropdown Selection
Description
The Web Dropdown Selection step is used to select value of dropdown list on the web page for Legacy Web GUI.
Configurations
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Web Browser Name | You can select any one Web Browser Name from the given list, Basically, you must select the same Web Browser Name which was selected in Start Browser Step. |
| Criteria* | Locate element on web page |
| Criteria Value | Relevant criteria value must be specified. |
| Multiple elements with same criteria | Check this option if there are multiple web elements in the web page having same criteria value you have specified. By default, it will be unchecked. |
| Element index | If you have checked Multiple elements with same criteria specify index of the element you want to locate. Select option FIRST if you want first element from the located element and select LAST if you want last element. |
| Select by* | Method to select the dropdown value |
| Selection value | Relevant value needs to be specified for the method selected in Select by. |
tip
Similarly, in Legacy Web Spy, the Select by and Selection value fields are available when you select Web DropDown Selection option in the Action field.
*Criteria The table below contains the description of criteria.
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Xpath | Xpath defines the hierarchy of the tags through which you can reach to a particular element. For example, /html/body/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span/span. Id Id attribute of a web element can be best way to identify an element if it is present and is going to constant and unique. There are cases however when it is either absent or its value changes every time you access the application in the browser. |
| Name | Name is another attribute of a web element which can be used to identify an element. |
| Link Text | If a HTML page contains a hyperlink element <a href=www.google.com>Search On Google</a>, you can identify this href element by providing complete text ‘Search On Google’ as the Link value. |
| Partial Link text | The criteria is same as Link, just that, in this case, you can give partial string for finding a match. |
| Tag Name | Every HTML element has a tag associated with it. The element can be located using that tag name. For example, textbox has a tag <input>. |
| Class Name | Class name is the css class associated with an HTML element. If there is a div element <div class=’someclass’>MyDiv</div>, you can locate it by giving class name ‘someclass’. |
| Css Selector | This criterion is useful when an HTML element has multiple associated css classes. Consider an HTML element <div class="btn primary-btn submit"></div>. To identify this div element you can use Css selector as “.btn.primary-btn.submit” |
*Select by The table below contains the description of each Select by methods.
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Index | Suppose located dropdown has 3 options “A,B,C”, now if you want to select “A” give the index value as “0” and so on. |
| Value | Every item in html dropdown has a value attribute associated with it. If the Value attribute of desired option is known select this option. |
| Visible Text | Visible Text is the value of the option which user can see on the web page. |