GXtest UI Commands - Select

Select commands are used to choose an option from drop-down boxes (and radiobuttons if using controlName commands) using the visible Text of the elements. 

Select

Selects an option using drop-down or radiobutton's control name.

Parameters

• ControlName: name of the control where the option is displayed
• Value: the option to select

Example

&driver.Select("clientPreferredContactTime", "Morning")

Select

Selects an option using the drop-down or radiobutton's control name inside a grid.

Parameters

• ControlName: name of the control where the option is displayed
• Row: row number inside the grid to locate the control
• Value: the option to select

Example

&driver.Select("clientPreferredContactTime", 1, "Morning")

SelectByID

Selects an option using drop-down's ID attribute.

Parameters:

• ID: the HTML element ID of the drop-down control.
• Text: the visible text of the option to choose. 

Example of use: 

&driver.SelectById("Country", "England")

SelectByName

Selects an option using drop-down's 'name' attribute.

Parameters:

• Name: the 'name' attribute of the drop-down control.
• Text: the visible text of the option to choose. 

Example of use: 

&driver.SelectByName("City", "London")

SelectByCSS

Selects an option from a drop-down using a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• CSS: the CSS selector to the drop-down that you want to Select. 
• Text:  the visible text of the option to choose. 

Example of use: 

&driver.SelectByCSS("#currency", "US Dollars")

SelectByXPath

Selects an option from a drop-down using an XPath selector.

Parameters:

• XPath: the XPath selector to the drop-down item that you want to Select
• Text:  the visible text of the option to choose

Example of use:

&driver.SelectByXPath("
//select[@id='groupSelect']", "First Option")