Handling Dropdowns in Playwright

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Handling Dropdowns in Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript)

Dropdowns are a common web element, and automating them in Playwright is both simple and powerful. Whether it's a single-select or multi-select dropdown, Playwright provides efficient methods to interact with them.

🔹 1. Handling Single-Select Dropdowns (Using selectOption)

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await page.selectOption('#dropdownId', 'optionValue');

✅ You can also select by label or index:

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await page.selectOption('#dropdownId', { label: 'Option 1' });

await page.selectOption('#dropdownId', { index: 2 });

🔹 2. Handling Multi-Select Dropdowns

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await page.selectOption('#multiSelectId', [

  { value: 'value1' },

  { value: 'value2' }

]);

This selects multiple values at once. Make sure the dropdown supports multi-select.

🔹 3. Get Selected Option

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const selectedValue = await page.$eval('#dropdownId', el => el.value);

console.log(selectedValue);

🔹 4. Using click for Custom Dropdowns (Non-HTML select)

Some websites use stylized dropdowns that don’t use <select> tags. You need to click and choose manually:

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await page.click('.dropdown-toggle'); // Open dropdown

await page.click('text=Option Name'); // Select item by visible text

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