How to get the select options using Selenium WebDriver in Java

Question

I am very new to Selenium and I'm stuck here:

I want to get the selected label or value of a drop down using Selenium WebDriver and then print it on the console.

I'm just able to select any value from the drop-down but not able to retrieve the selected value and print it.

Select select = new 
Select(driver.findElement(By.id("MyDropDown"))).selectByVisibleText(data[11].substring(1 , data[11].length()-1));
WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();

But all my efforts are going in vain. Any help would be appreciated. 

Answer 1

Hey there!

You should be able to get the text using getText() if you have an option element, you can get that using getFirstSelectedOption());

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select")));
WebElement option = select.getFirstSelectedOption();
String defaultItem = option.getText();
System.out.println(defaultItem );

Hope this helps.