org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.UnexpectedTagNameException: Element should have been “select” but was “a”

Question

package practice;

import java.util.List;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class Vistair2 {

    @Test public void seeProducts() throws InterruptedException {

        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/dominiclee/Documents/workspace/chromedriver 4");

        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.vistair.com/");

        driver.manage().window().maximize();

 

        Thread.sleep(10000);

        //Create action builder instance by passing WebDriver instance

        driver.findElement(By.id("hs-eu-confirmation-button")).click();

        Actions builder = new Actions(driver);

        WebElement menuElement = driver.findElement(By.linkText("SOLUTIONS"));

        builder.moveToElement(menuElement).build().perform();

        Thread.sleep(10000);

 

        Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.linkText("SOLUTIONS")));

        List < WebElement > e = dropDown.getOptions();

        int itemsCount = e.size();

        System.out.println(itemsCount);

        //driver.close();

 

    }

}

When I run this in Selenium I get the following error: Element should have been "select" but was "a"
I want to find the size of the dropdown menu?

Answer 1

Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.linkText("SOLUTIONS"))); points to <a> tag than <select> tag. Please make appropriate correction in findElement() method call.

Comments

Thank you @Das888

Answer 2

Select dropDown = new Select(driver.findElement(By.linkText("SOLUTIONS")));

In your above statement, you are creating a Select object but the locator (By.linkText("SOLUTIONS")) you have passed inside the constructor is pointing to an anchor tag <a> instead of a Select tag <select>

The locator that you are passing inside the Select constructor should point to the Select tag only. In your case, it is pointing to the anchor tag. That is why it is throwing this error.

Please recheck the locator in DOM first.

Comments

Thank you @Sarvesh4you. That's well explained.