How to select the value from the web list in selenium web driver in java?

Example -  We can select the value from the drop down by using 3 methods.

1. selectByVisibleText - select by the text displayed in drop down
2. selectByIndex  - select by index of option in drop down
3. selectByValue  - select by value of option in drop down

Consider below code. Suppose you want to select the first option in the combo box.

<select id="44">
 <option value="1">xyz</option>
 <option value="2">abc</option>
 <option value="3">pqr</option>
</select>

Complete Example in Selenium Webdriver in Java

Below Java example shows how you can select the first value from the combo box using selenium webdriver.

//import the required packages and classes.

import java.io.File;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Action;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;




@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class OpenGoogle {
    
public static void main(String [] arg) 
{

//set the path of the chrome driver exe file

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Selenuim\\chromedriver2.8.exe");

//create the new instance of the chrome browser
WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver();


try{

//set the implicit and page load time outs  

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(50,TimeUnit.SECONDS);

//navigate to given url
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/preferences");

//Maximize the browser window
driver.manage().window().maximize();

WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.id("44"));
Select selectElement=new Select(e);

// both of the below statements will select first option in the weblist
selectElement.selectByVisibleText("xyz");  

selectElement.selectByValue("1");

Thread.sleep(2000);

}

catch(Exception e){
 System.out.println("Exception - > " + e.toString());
 }
 finally{
  driver.close();
  driver.quit();
 }
} //main function ends
 



}//class ends

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