[Solved] SelectDropDownActionDescriptor SelectDropDownType to ‘ByText’ question

[Espen Harlinn]

When I’m working in WebUI Test Studio it generates a SelectDropDownActionDescriptor when I interact with a select field. By default SelectDropDownType is set to ‘ByIndex’. What I want is ‘ByText’. When I change SelectDropDownType to ‘ByText’ the tool still insists on having a value for SelectionIndex since when I clear the field I get a ‘Property value is not valid’ with ‘is not a valid value for Int32.’ in the details pane.

Is the SelectionIndex ignored when I change SelectDropDownType to ‘ByText’ but still required because of UI idiosyncrasies?  

Or is SelectDropDownType  ‘ByText’ not working?

Regards

Espen Harlinn

[Cody]

Hello Espen Harlinn,

You can safely disregard the error message. As you suspected, it's an idiosyncracy of the UI. It's Visual Studio that'sdoing basic validation and requiring a valid number be entered into the field even though it's ignored at run time.

Just remember that ByText uses the selection text as a partial text string. i.e. it will select the first item that contains the selection string in the option's text.

Sincerely yours,
Cody
the Telerik team

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[Espen Harlinn]

Ok,

Thank you.

Espen