[FIXED] How to xpath selected text in the dropdown

Issue

**HTML Code**
  <div class="form-group">
        <label class="control-label col-md-4 col-sm-4" for="type-select">Category<span style="color:red">*</span></label>
        <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-8">
            <select defaultattr="4" class="form-control input-style mandatory" data-val="true" data-val-number="The field CategoryID must be a number." id="CategoryID" name="CategoryID"><option value="">--Select--</option>
<option value="1">Architectural Firm</option>
<option value="2">Interior Design Firm</option>
<option value="3">General Contractor</option>
<option selected="selected" value="4">2tec2 Sales Network</option>
<option value="5">Cleaning Company</option>
<option value="6">Commercial end user</option>
<option value="7">Distribution company</option>
<option value="8">Hotel Company</option>
</select>

I Want the xpath to get the selected value(here it is 4th option in above code).

Solution

You want the xpath to get the selected option of a drop down?

Try this xpath: //select[@id='CategoryID']//option[@selected='selected']

You get the text of the selected text using GetText()

String text = driver.findElement(By.xpath(...)).getText();

Answered By - Shn