How to get the selected value from a combobox using Selenium WebDriver (Selenium 2)?

Question

Assume I have this html code:

<select id="superior" size="1" name="superior">
    <option value=""></option>
    <option value="c.i.e.m.md.Division_1">DIVISION007</option>
    <option selected="selected" value="c.i.e.m.md.Division_$$_javassist_162_119">MyDivision</option>
    <option value="c.i.e.m.md.Division_121">MyDivision4</option>
    <option value="c.i.e.m.md.Division_122">MyDivision5</option>
</select>

So this is a combo box with

id=superior 

and currently value MyDivision is selected.

Using Selenium WebDriver I am trying to get the selected value, but no success.

I tried:

String option = this.ebtamTester.firefox.findElement(By.id(superiorId)).getText();
return option;

But this returns me all the values in the combobox.

Help please?

Edit:

WebElement comboBox = ebtamTester.firefox.findElement(By.id("superior"));
SelectElement selectedValue = new SelectElement(comboBox);
String wantedText = selectedValue.getValue();

Answer 1

This is written in C#, but it shouldn't be hard to transition it over to any other language you're using:

IWebElement comboBox = driver.FindElement(By.Id("superior"));
SelectElement selectedValue = new SelectElement(comboBox);
string wantedText = selectedValue.SelectedOption.Text;

SelectElement requires you to use OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI, so at the top, type

using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

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Edit:

I suppose for you, instead of 'driver' you would use

IWebElement comboBox = this.ebtamTester.firefox.FindElement(By.Id("superior"));