Post#52.Check whether a dropdown is Single value dropdown or Multi Value dropdown ?

Check whether a dropdown is Single value dropdown or Multi Value dropdown ?

We can verify whether a dropdown is single value dropdown or multi value dropdown in many ways.

1. isMultiple - this method is a non-static method of Select class in selenium webdriver.
isMultiple method returns True if the dropdown is multi value dropdown otherwise it returns false for single value dropdown.

//open webpage

driver.get("https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/dropdown");

//find the dropdown using xpath

WebElement dropdownElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='dropdown']"));

//create object for Select class

Select dropdown = new Select(dropdownElement);

//check single or multi dropdown

boolean singleOrMultiple = dropdown.isMultiple();

if (singleOrMultiple) {

            System.out.println("Dropdown is Multi value dropdown");

}else{

            System.out.println("Dropdown is Single value dropdown");

}

2. getAttribute("multiple") method return true if the dropdown is multiple and returns false incase of single value dropdown.

//open webpage

driver.get("application-url");

//find the dropdown using xpath

WebElement dropdownElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='first']"));

//create object for Select class

String singleOrMulti = dropdownElement.getAttribute("multiple");

//compare the result

if (singleOrMulti != null) {

            System.out.println("Dropdown is Multi value dropdown");

}else{

            System.out.println("Dropdown is Single value dropdown");

}