# How to select an option from this type of drop-down

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**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-select-an-option-from-this-type-of-drop-down/22262 "2019-04-01T18:24:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-select-an-option-from-this-type-of-drop-down/22262/4 "2019-04-01T19:46:23Z")

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Okay, so you can use CSS nth-child to select a specific item.

But first we need to find out why you can’t click on the dropdown. Did you wait until it was visible? Your error message does not contain any relevant info - it doesn’t say _why_ it can’t click on it.

Note: there was an issue where errors were not being presented properly. Try upgrading to the latest release of Katalon.

Also, read this:

> [@\[TIP\] How To Help Us Help You!](http://forum.katalon.com/t/tip-my-test-is-broken-nothing-works-please-help-me/12919):
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> My test is BROKEN! NOTHING WORKS! HELP ME! Relax. We get it. We really do. There are some pretty smart and clever people on this forum, but you must realize, they are not magicians or wizards or gods. They cannot see your code, they can’t see your errors and they don’t even know what your AUT is meant to do even though it might seem perfectly obvious to you. So please relax and follow the advice below, before you start writing your post. The advice below will tell you the exact information …

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