How can I get all elements from drop down list in Selenium WebDriver?

Question

How can I get all elements from a drop down list? I used the code below:

List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElements(By.id("s"));

But I am always getting the first element only.

Answer 1

There is a class designed for this in the bindigs.

You are looking for the Select class:

https://code.google.com/p/selenium/source/browse/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Select.java

You would need to 'find' the actual select element, not the individual options. Find that select element, and let Selenium & the Select class do the rest of the work for you.

You'd be looking for something like (s being the actual select element):

WebElement selectElement = driver.findElement(By.id("s");
Select select = new Select(selectElement);

The Select class has a handy getOptions() method. This will do exactly what you think it does.

List<WebElement> allOptions = select.getOptions();

Now you can do what you want with allOptions.

Answer 2

This will help to list all the elements from the dropdown:

    Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("id")));

    //Get all options
    List<WebElement> dd = dropdown.getOptions();

    //Get the length
    System.out.println(dd.size());

    // Loop to print one by one
    for (int j = 0; j < dd.size(); j++) {
        System.out.println(dd.get(j).getText());

    }