Not able to Select the Dropdown value by using select option by value

[grylion54]

@shahida.zahid This error is caused when you are trying to use either selectOptionByLabel or selectOptionByValue on an element that is NOT a select. If you can review the attributes of the element you will see that the tag attribute is NOT a select. Look at the page’s code for this element and check if it is a select or perhaps a search input.

And NO, you cannot just change the tag to be select because then the TestObject will not be found if it is not actually one.

See this question as well:

How can i handle drop down list issue

@sara.alyahya You likely have a selectOptionByValue or selectOptionByLabel on an element that is NOT a select. You may have it named select…, but when you look at the tag inside the TestObject, you have it as an input. (An input is a textbox, radio button or checkbox; a select is a drop-down list.) Double click on the element within the Object Repository and look at the element’s list of attributes–especially the tag attribute. You should now look at the page’s source code and Inspect the el…