Selenium can't find option form element by xpath

Question

I'm trying to click on an option in a select menu via:

driver.implicitly_wait(30)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[option/@value='today']").click()

but it doesn't work (prints None to the terminal)

the html looks like:

<select tabindex="0" class="itc_listBox mid"><option value="oneDay">1 Day</option><option value="sevenDays">7 Days</option><option value="fourteenDays">14 Days</option><option value="oneMonth">1 Month</option><option value="sixMonth">6 Months</option><option value="oneYear">1 Year</option><option value="" disabled="disabled">————————</option><option value="today">Today</option><option value="yesterday">Yesterday</option><option value="weekToDate">Week-to-Date</option><option value="last7Days">Last 7 Days</option><option value="lastWeek">Last Week</option><option value="monthToDate">Month-to-Date</option><option value="last30Days">Last 30 Days</option><option value="customDateRange">Custom </option></select>

I'm using the Firefox webdriver and I think the html is being generated by js

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '11 at 00:35

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Your XPath looks wrong. Try:

"//select/option[@value='today']"

answered Sep 24 '11 at 00:35

prestomanifesto

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 02 '14 at 12:15

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Select day = new Select(driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".itc_listBox")));
day.selectByVisibleText("Today");

or

day.selectByValue("today")

You can try either of the above.

edited Apr 02 '14 at 12:15

AlexVogel

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answered Apr 02 '14 at 11:58

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Selenium can't find option form element by xpath

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