Select by index?

[Ben Frey]

Is there a way to select a drop-down value by its index? For a particular web site flow I don't really care which value I select for some drop-downs, and since they're tax-related, I'd rather not have to change the test if e.g. the IRS changes the tax brackets.

[jc]

https://gebish.org/manual/current/#select

You can select by value which is essentially index.

[Ben Frey]

The selects I'm working with have the value equal to the text, so that's not the case for them.

[jc]

In that case could you use a css selector that locates all of the elements in the dropdown?  Then instead of using the Select module you would have your test first click the dropdown box to expand the options and then do a click on the option you want.  

So if $("css-selector") find 4 dropdown options, you would use $("css-selector")[2] to select the 3rd index (zero-based numbering).