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WebDriver Dropdown Menu Won't Stay Open

I'm working with Selenium / Java and having an interesting issue with a DropDown Box that fires an event... I can't use Select because the dropdown is using an organized list, not select and option (when the box is closed):

    <section id="..." class="ember-view">
     <ol id="...">
       <li id="...">

I successfully click on the dropdown box: element.click(); and the dropdown box opens! But then it closes right back up again when the next line executes (which is just a System.out.println("...");).

I'm baffled. I've tried

JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver
jse.executeScript("$(arguments[0]).change()", element);

and

    jse.executeScript("$(arguments[0]).focus()", element);

and even

    jse.executeScript("$(arguments[0]).blur()", element);

both before and after I click on the dropdown box, but that little sucker just won't stay open! When I print the value of arguments to the console System.out.println(jse.executeScript("$(arguments[0]));, arguments is null... I'm not sure what that means.

Solution

  • I do appreciate everyone for contributing, but I never actually found the reason this was happening. So, I tried a cheat instead...

    I put it all in a try / catch block, and that seems to slow it down enough to process the event. Of course, the catch is useless because it will never be reached but it works.

    It's a total hack, I know. I'd still be interested in finding a reason for this behavior, but until then, we carry on!