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Get select value of dropdown for capybara testing


I have to write tests for a web site. I am trying to get the selected value of a dropdown box. So far i can get the contents of the dropdown by doing

find_field('restrictions__rating_movies').text

returns - Don't Allow Movies G PG M R13 R15 R16 R18 R RP16 Allow All Movies

I can get the value of the selected object.

find_field('restrictions__rating_movies').value

returns - 1000

This does not help me much though because i am trying to get the text of the selected item from a drop down box.

<select class="" id="restrictions__rating_movies" name="restrictions[][rating_movies]">            
<option value="0">Don't Allow Movies</option>
<option value="100">G</option>
<option value="200">PG</option>
<option value="300">M</option>
<option value="325">R13</option>
<option value="350">R15</option>
<option value="375">R16</option>
<option value="400">R18</option>
<option value="500">R</option>
<option value="600">RP16</option>
<option value="1000" selected="selected">Allow All Movies</option></select>

in this case shown i need to get the value 'Allow All Movies' I have tried many different combinations of the above two examples.


Solution

  • find_field('restrictions__rating_movies').find('option[selected]').text