How to set value to the selectbox?

Hello,

For example I have some control like this:

<div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><select name="Country" id="Country"><option selected="selected">USA</option></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><option>Afghanistan</option></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><option>Akrotiri</option></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><option>Albania</option></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><option>Algeria</option></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"><option>American Samoa</option></div>

<option>Afghanistan</option>

<option>Akrotiri</option>

....

How can I set value to the selectbox? Just now I can set only index (ex: page.Elements.Find("Country").SetSelectedIndex(3) ), but its not useful. I know only <option> value, but don't know index.

Re: How to set value to the selectbox?

Hello,

If your combo ID is Country. so you can pass text or string in place of "USA" in below syntax and set it's index. Hope it will solve your problem, may no me if you require more info.

Mark as answer if it helps.

int nCountryIndex = Country.Items.IndexOf(Country.Items.FindByValue("USA"));

if (nCountryIndex > -1)

Country.Items[nCountryIndex ].Selected = true;

Regards,

Sandeep

Re: How to set value to the selectbox?

Thanks a lot for the idea!!! It looks a little differently in LTAF:

<div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> HtmlElementFindParams myCountryParams = new HtmlElementFindParams(); </div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> myCountryParams.TagName = "option";</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> myCountryParams.InnerText = "Ukraine";</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> HtmlElement myCountry = Country.ChildElements.Find(myCountryParams);</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> int nCountryIndex = Country.ChildElements.IndexOf(myCountry);</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> if (nCountryIndex > -1)</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"> Country.SetSelectedIndex(nCountryIndex); </div> <div></div>

HtmlElementFindParams countryFindParams = new HtmlElementFindParams();

countryFindParams.TagName = "option";

countryFindParams.InnerText = "USA";

int nCountryIndex = Country.ChildElements.IndexOf(Country.ChildElements.Find(countryFindParams));

if (nCountryIndex > -1)

Country.SetSelectedIndex(nCountryIndex);

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</div><div>-----</div><div>Dmitriy</div>

Re: How to set value to the selectbox?

Hello Dmitriy,

I would say LTAF is missing an API to make your scenario simpler. I will look into adding it in a future release.

One thing that you could do to make this bearable is to add this function as an extension method to HtmlElement. For example:

public static void SelectSelectedText(this HtmlElement element, string text)
    {
        HtmlElementFindParams findParams = new HtmlElementFindParams();
        findParams.TagName = "option";
        findParams.InnerText = text;

        int index = element.ChildElements.IndexOf(element.ChildElements.Find(findParams));
        if (index > -1)
        {
            element.SetSelectedIndex(index);
        }
    }

- Federico