How to read the selected value of a dropbox using Playwright Java

Could someone give me an example how to read the selected value/option from a dropdown?

I have tried this syntax (JAVA), but it returns all the options of the dropdown.

page.locator("//xpath to dropdown webelement").textContent()

I only want to read what is selected.

Could you give an example how to do this with Java Playwright?

Solution

Give this a try:

String searchValue = (String) page.evalOnSelector("//xpath to dropdown webelement", "el => el.value");