Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.UnexpectedTagNameException: Element should have been "select" but was "a"

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WebDriver driver=new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://192.168.0.133/tiyorelease3");
WebElement ListBox = driver.findElement(By.className("dropdown-toggle"));       Select Select = new Select(ListBox);
Select.selectByVisibleText("Bangalore");

<a id="supported_city_label" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle">Kolkata<span class="caret"></span></a> — Premkumar Yadav
– Premkumar Yadav, Commented May 31, 2017 at 10:21
@PremkumarYadav I am unable to connect to http://192.168.0.133/tiyorelease3. Can you please confirm its a public URL? Thanks — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Jun 2, 2017 at 14:16

RNS · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-31 10:22:47Z

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This exception generally occurs when we use Select command to select dropdowns which are not built by using "select" tag.

You can try by using sendkeys to select dropdown, just give displayed text of option in sendkeys.

If above does not work, then go for click on dropdown and again click on required option.

If it is auto complete dropdown, then click on that dropdown input box and go for senkeys char by char with small sleep, so that required option will be displayed.

You can try following code in your case:

WebElement ListBox = driver.findElement(By.className("dropdown-toggle")); 
ListBox.sendKeys("Bangalore");

answered May 31, 2017 at 10:22

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