How to select options from a drop-down in the chromium (CEF) browser

Issue

This Knowledgebase article details a particular situation when selecting options from a drop-down in the chromium (CEF) browser when these are <option> tags inside of a <select> tag (in the page DOM).

Solution

Note: Always check what type of tag is the drop-down. For example, if the tag is a <div> and all options are <div> tags as well, configure the robot to click on the drop-down and then click directly the option it needs to choose.

The information below applies to the cases when the drop down is a <select> tag.

For example:

To select an option from this drop down, we cannot use the <option> tags from under the <select> because this type of element doesn't have bounds so the mouse click won't work.

To select an option in a drop down (a <select> tag), follow these steps:

1. Click on the <select> tag to open the list of options.
2. After the click, there will be a new element created under window > ui called drop_down_list

The drop_down_list element contains all the options from the drop down and they can be selected from here:

Therefore, the step that will select the option will be a Click in which the component selector will be

drop_down_list > option

with a setting to match an attribute value or text.
E.g. to match "Algeria" which is in a text variable:

 

Level of Complexity 

Moderate

 

Applies to  

Product	Version	Build	Environment	Hardware
Kofax RPA	10.3+

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