get dropdown item count using selenium c#

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IWebElement from = m_driver.FindElement(By.XPath("mydropdownxpath"));
from.Click(); // to open dropdown

My dropdown type is input dropdown and I haven't used SelectElement or IList in my code. How can i get dropdown item count with below as my source code?

<select class="classname" name="ddldropdown" required>

<option data-fas="themered" value="" disabled selected>state</option>

<optgroup label="area">
   <option data-fas="maptheme" value="state1"> state 1 </option>
   <option data-fas="maptheme" value="state2"> state 2 </option>
</optgroup>

<optgroup label="Airport">
   <option data-fas="maptheme" value="ABC"> ABC </option>
   <option data-fas="maptheme" value="XYZ"> XYZ </option>
</optgroup>                       

</select>

Guy · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-05 08:19:58Z

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Your dropdown is <select>, not <input>. SelectElement is the correct way to handle it

IWebElement from = m_driver.FindElement(By.XPath("mydropdownxpath"));
SelectElement select = SelectElement(form);
int count = select.Options.Count; // 5

answered Nov 5, 2019 at 8:19

Guy

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Stavan Shah Over a year ago

SelectElement statement showed - "'Element should have been select but was input'"? Any idea?

Guy Over a year ago

@StavanShah It means the element was indeed <input>, but the html you posted doesn't have <input> tag anywhere, it has <select> tag.

Stavan Shah Over a year ago

the dropdown comes from the mdb purchased theme (mdbootstrap.com/docs/jquery/forms/select)

Guy Over a year ago

@StavanShah This is still <select>. Check if the locator it correct.

Stavan Shah Over a year ago

Guy - do i need to check the Xpath is correct or not? as I am locating my dropdown using relative/absolute xpath

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Peter Csala · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-12 07:01:10Z

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To make this work, I had to change the second line to

SelectElement select = new SelectElement(form);

edited Mar 12, 2022 at 7:01

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answered Mar 11, 2022 at 19:15

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