How to select a text from the autocomplete textbox using selenium

Question

I need to enter some text in a autocomplete textbox. Then I will select a option from that autocomplete option and need to click it.

I have tried with the following code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    String textToSelect = "headlines today";

    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
    driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
    Thread.sleep(2000);
    WebElement autoOptions= driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib"));
    autoOptions.sendKeys("he");

    List<WebElement> optionsToSelect = driver.findElements(By.tagName("li"));

    for(WebElement option : optionsToSelect){
        System.out.println(option);
        if(option.getText().equals(textToSelect)) {
            System.out.println("Trying to select: "+textToSelect);
            option.click();
            break;
        }
    }

@VikasNehaOjha In my code the for loop iteration is not running — Ashok kumar Ganesan
– Ashok kumar Ganesan, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 11:48
@HelpingHands It is not showing any error! But, the program is keep on running. In optionsToSelect it is getting the list of values. I'm trying to iterate it in for loop and comparing the values. — Ashok kumar Ganesan
– Ashok kumar Ganesan, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 11:51
Do a sleep or an explicit wait before the List<WebElement> optionsToSelect. Also try to print the list before the for loop so you can see the number of elements in the list. — Vikas Ojha
– Vikas Ojha, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 11:51

Ashok kumar Ganesan · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 12:09:39Z

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public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String textToSelect = "headlines today";

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
Thread.sleep(2000);
WebElement autoOptions= driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib"));
autoOptions.sendKeys("he");

List<WebElement> optionsToSelect = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='sbqs_c']"));

for(WebElement option : optionsToSelect){
    System.out.println(option);
    if(option.getText().equals(textToSelect)) {
        System.out.println("Trying to select: "+textToSelect);
        option.click();
        break;
    }
}

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 12:09

Ashok kumar Ganesan

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Ganesh Gaxy · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-06 14:37:30Z

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you can do like this i have used google home page auto suggest as an example

public class AutoSelection {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");

        driver.findElement(By.name("q")).sendKeys("mahatama gandhi");
        List<WebElement> autoSuggest = driver.findElements(By
            .xpath("//div[@class='sbqs_c']"));
        // verify the size of the list
        System.out
            .println("Size of the AutoSuggets is = " + autoSuggest.size());
        // print the auto suggest
        for (WebElement a : autoSuggest)
            System.out.println("Values are = " + a.getText());
        // suppose now you want to click on 3rd auto suggest then simply do like
        // this
        autoSuggest.get(2).click();
    }
}

edited Feb 6, 2019 at 14:37

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answered Jun 16, 2015 at 11:44

Rajnish Kumar

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Ashok kumar Ganesan Over a year ago

Thanks for your reply rajnish. But in my case I need to compare the exact string/text in that suggestion. Instead of giving as index values inside get().

Ashok kumar Ganesan Over a year ago

But any how I found the error that I used the tag name instead of using xpath. Now it works. Thanks a lot

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-20 18:57:42Z

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driverName.findElement(By.xpath("XPATH Location")).sendKeys("KeyNameYouWantToSearch" , Keys.TAB);

edited Dec 20, 2017 at 18:57

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Jemal Miftah · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-04 10:22:59Z

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We can use java 8 stream API to filter and collect Web elements in an Array. Clicking will be easier using index.

// Collect 5 autocomplete entries lists

List<WebElement> list = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("#ui-id-1 
li:nth-child(n)")).stream()
            .limit(5)
            .collect(Collectors.toList());

// This will click the first element from an autocompleted list

list.get(0).click();

answered Sep 4, 2019 at 10:22

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