Method selectByVisibleText

javascript/selenium-webdriver/lib/select.js:260–303

* * Select option with displayed text matching the argument. * * Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 const selectBox = await driver.findElement(By.id("select

(text)

   *
   */
  async selectByVisibleText(text) {
    text = typeof text === 'number' ? text.toString() : text

    const xpath = './/option[normalize-space(.) = ' + escapeQuotes(text) + ']'

    const options = await this.element.findElements(By.xpath(xpath))

    for (let option of options) {
      await this.setSelected(option)
      if (!(await this.isMultiple())) {
        return
      }
    }

    let matched = Array.isArray(options) && options.length > 0

    if (!matched && text.includes(' ')) {
      const subStringWithoutSpace = getLongestSubstringWithoutSpace(text)
      let candidates
      if ('' === subStringWithoutSpace) {
        candidates = await this.element.findElements(By.tagName('option'))
      } else {
        const xpath = './/option[contains(., ' + escapeQuotes(subStringWithoutSpace) + ')]'
        candidates = await this.element.findElements(By.xpath(xpath))
      }

      const trimmed = text.trim()

      for (let option of candidates) {
        const optionText = await option.getText()
        if (trimmed === optionText.trim()) {
          await this.setSelected(option)
          if (!(await this.isMultiple())) {
            return
          }
          matched = true
        }
      }
    }

    if (!matched) {
      throw new Error(`Cannot locate option with text: ${text}`)
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list of all options belonging to this select tag