Question

Anyone please explain various methods used to de-select options of a dropdown in Webdriver

Answer 1

Hey Natasha, following methods are used to deSelect an option/options of a dropdown in Selenium Webdriver:

1. deselectByVisibleText(): This method removes the selected item from list for particular option:

   • Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("Month"))); 
     dropdown.deselectByText("June");

2. deselectByValue(): Deselect option from list by using value of particular option:

   • Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("Month"))); 
     dropdown.deselectByValue("june");

3. deselectByIndex(): This method removes the selection by index value of the option. Index values of the list are always in integer:

   • Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("Month"))); 
     dropdown.deselectByIndex(5);

4. deselectAll(): Method is able to Deselect all Selected options from Multi-Select Dropdown:

   • Select dropdown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("Month"))); 
     dropdown.deselectAll();