How to use Select class to select option from dropdown.

Select class can be used only in one case when dropdown has been created using select tag.


Ex-

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;

public class SelectOption {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.get("http://commentit.us/skuline/users/signup");
        WebElement accountType = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='UserUserType']"));
        Select sel = new Select(accountType);
        sel.selectByVisibleText("Buyer"); //this will select from dropdown 'Buyer'
        Thread.sleep(2000); //simply wait so that u can see whether it selected option or not
        sel.selectByIndex(0); //this will select 1st option from dropdown '-Account Type-'
        Thread.sleep(2000);
        sel.selectByValue("P");// this will select public which has value="P" in the html tag
  }
}