selectByAttribute

Select option with a specific value.

Usage

$(selector).selectByAttribute(attribute, value)

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
attribute	String	attribute of option element to get selected
value	String, Number	value of option element to get selected

Examples

Asynchronous Mode

example.html

<select id="selectbox">
    <option value="someValue0">uno</option>
    <option value="someValue1">dos</option>
    <option value="someValue2">tres</option>
    <option value="someValue3">cuatro</option>
    <option value="someValue4">cinco</option>
    <option name="someName5" value="someValue5">seis</option>
</select>

selectByAttribute.js

it('Should demonstrate the selectByAttribute command', async () => {
    const selectBox = await $('#selectbox');
    const value = await selectBox.getValue();
    console.log(value); // returns "someValue0"

    await selectBox.selectByAttribute('value', 'someValue3');
    console.log(await selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue3"

    await selectBox.selectByAttribute('name', 'someName5');
    console.log(await selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue5"
});

Synchronous Mode

example.html

<select id="selectbox">
    <option value="someValue0">uno</option>
    <option value="someValue1">dos</option>
    <option value="someValue2">tres</option>
    <option value="someValue3">cuatro</option>
    <option value="someValue4">cinco</option>
    <option name="someName5" value="someValue5">seis</option>
</select>

selectByAttribute.js

it('Should demonstrate the selectByAttribute command', () => {
    const selectBox = $('#selectbox');
    const value = selectBox.getValue();
    console.log(value); // returns "someValue0"

    selectBox.selectByAttribute('value', 'someValue3');
    console.log(selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue3"

    selectBox.selectByAttribute('name', 'someName5');
    console.log(selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue5"
});

caution

Synchronous Mode will depcrecated with Node.js v16. With an update to the underlying Chromium version it became technically impossible to provide the same synchronous behavior. We recommend to start transition to asynchronous command execution. For more information, see our RFC.