Element should have been "select" but was "span"

[sandeep Polepalli]

Hi ,

Can anyone help me asap

Iam a beginer in selenium iam getting the below error with the below code.

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

Below not selecting drop down code:-

//1st action on drop down

{

 WebElement dd1=driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='dcf-fieldset-row-6']/td[2]/span[1]/span[2]/span/span/span[2]/span"));

 dd1.click();

//clicks drop down

 Thread.sleep(3000);

2nd action on same 1st drop down(Here we need to select the option)

 WebElement dd2=driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='dcf-fieldset-row-6']/td[2]/span[1]/span[2]/span/span/span[1]"));

 Select s=new Select(dd2);(In this step iam getting stopped(error))

 Thread.sleep(3000);

 

 s.selectByValue("4");

}

Even iam pasting HTML code for the below .

1st xpath below:- .//*[@id='dcf-fieldset-row-6']/td[2]/span[1]/span[2]/span/span/span[2]/span

<tr id="dcf-fieldset-row-6" class="dcf-datafieldrow-label-id-37">

<td id="label-Calls" class="dcf-fieldset-label dcf-dynamic-datafield-label dcf-datafield-label-id-37" style="height: 35px;">

<td class="dcf-fieldset-editable-value" colspan="1">

<span>

<span data-bind="visible:isItemNotEditable(), html:formattedValue('Calls')" style="display: none;">

<span data-bind="visible:isItemEditable()">

<span class="k-widget k-dropdown k-header" style="width: 60px;" title="" unselectable="on" role="listbox" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" aria-owns="Calls_listbox" aria-disabled="false" aria-readonly="false" aria-busy="false" aria-activedescendant="ba578ed5-77a1-4d1f-be72-45e73a3bd234">

<span class="k-dropdown-wrap k-state-default k-state-focused" unselectable="on">

<span class="k-input" unselectable="on">0</span>

</span>

</span>

2nd xpath below:- .//*[@id='dcf-fieldset-row-6']/td[2]/span[1]/span[2]/span/span/span[1]

<td class="dcf-fieldset-editable-value" colspan="1">

<span>

<span data-bind="visible:isItemNotEditable(), html:formattedValue('Calls')" style="display: none;">

<span class="CellHighlight">0</span>

</span>

<span data-bind="visible:isItemEditable()">

<span class="k-widget k-dropdown k-header" style="width: 60px;" title="" unselectable="on" role="listbox" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" aria-owns="Calls_listbox" aria-disabled="false" aria-readonly="false" aria-busy="false" aria-activedescendant="ba578ed5-77a1-4d1f-be72-45e73a3bd234">

<span class="k-dropdown-wrap k-state-default" unselectable="on">

<span class="k-input" unselectable="on">0</span>

<span class="k-select" unselectable="on">

<span class="k-icon k-i-arrow-s firefinder-match" unselectable="on">select</span>

</span>

</span>

I need help on the above ASAP.

Also i want to learn xpath online can anyone refer me.

Thanks,

Sandeep Polepalli

[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Sandeep,

The exception is pretty clear.

You are trying to use the Select class on a html element whose type is not "select" 

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[Rakesh Gajarmal]

Hi,
getting same exception... have you got solution?? for this error....
if yes please provide solution..

[Xiang Dong]

The HTML shows it is actually a span. you can treat is as a span. things may like below:

1. find to box (span) and click it, then some of options (other span?) will be displayed

2. find the expect option (span) and click it

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[anemuday]

Sandeep,

You use select only if the listbox/dropdown box have 'Options'. You cannot use Span element as 'Select'

Here is below sample HTML:

<select name='Foo'>
<option value='One'>1</option>
<option value='Two'>2</option>

<option value='Three'>3</option>

</select>

In the above case you can use Select like:

WebElement ele=driver.findElement(By.name('Foo'));
Select select=new Select(ele);
select.selectByValue("2");

For detailed explanation, watch this video: How to select a value from a Listbox

But you cannot reference a Span which is not select and doesnt have Options.

Thanks,

Uday

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