selecting option from hidden drop down menu - selenium

Question

<table id="rusTable" class="groupTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody class="ui-sortable" style="">
<tr class="groupTop ruBorder" style="display: table-row;">
<tr id="ru0" class="siru">
<tr class="ruOp off">
<td class="first"></td>
<td colspan="3">
<select class="ruOpSelect">
<option></option>
<option value="AND">AND</option>
<option>AND NOT</option>
<option>OR</option>
</select>
</td>
<td class="last"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="ru1" class="siru">
<tr class="ruOp off">
<td class="first"></td>
<td colspan="3">
<td class="last"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="ru2" class="siru">
<tr class="groupBtm ruBorder" style="display: table-row;">
</tbody>
<tfoot>
</table>
I want to select the AND option
Selenium webdriver code
actions.moveToElement(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*#id='ruTable']/tbody/tr[3]/td[2]"))).build().perform();
waitForElement(By.xpath("(//*[#id='ruTable']//*[contains(#class,'ruOpSelect')])[1]"),30);
new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//*[#id='ruTable']//*[contains(#class,'ruOpSelect')])[1]"))).selectByVisibleText("AND");
It does hover action but does not select anything from drop down menu
ERROR - Timed out after 30 seconds waiting for visibility of element located by By.xpath:
(//*[#id='ruTable']//*[contains(#class,'ruOpSelect')])[1]

Answer 1

Try using this xpath, just call click on this:
"//select[#class='ruOpSelect']/option[text()='AND']"
Any drop downs I generally start with the "select" in my xpath and next level should be option.

Answer 2

I use
Thread.sleep(3000);
after the moveToElement action. Works for me. Then I suppose you need to click the element to select it.

Answer 3

You can use this code to select the particular option
IdentifyBy By;
waitForDropDownEnable(By.xpath, "xpath");
WebElement element = findElement(BY.xpath("xpath for the element"));
Select select = new Select(element);
List<WebElement> options = select.getOptions();
String values = "";
for(int index=0; index<options.size(); index++) {
if(!values.equals("")) {
values += ", ";
}
values += options.get(index).getText();
}
select.selectByVisibleText(value);
public void waitForDropDownEnable(final IdentifyBy idBy, final String controlDesc) {
int timeout =30 * 1000;
final long MAX_TIME_OUT = 300000;
final long DELAY = 250;
final long DEAD_LINE = System.currentTimeMillis() + MAX_TIME_OUT;
boolean isEnabled = false;
try {
while(System.currentTimeMillis() <= DEAD_LINE) {
getWebDriver().manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(0,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
if(findElement(By.xpath("")).isEnabled()) {
isEnabled = true;
break;
}
Thread.sleep(DELAY);
}
} catch (WebDriverException wdex) {
;;
} catch(Exception ex) {
;;
}
}
}

Answer 4

selecting option from hidden drop down menu
in such case i use jsExecutor. Always works for me:
String cssLocator = "tbody.ui-sortable tr.ruOp off td select.ruOpSelect option[value="AND"]";
//find css locator of the needed AND element in dropdown. I use firepath (addon to firebug).
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
stringBuilder.append("var x = $(\'"+cssLocator+"\');");
stringBuilder.append("x.click();");
js.executeScript(stringBuilder.toString());
Hope this works for you