Thanks Jeff for sharing this for our Robotics users in the PSC! :)

Thank you Jeff. It is really helpful.

Awesome,It is helpful.

Thanks Jeff for sharing this. Its not only explaining string comparison but also how .net code can be used in methods.

Hi, Jeff.

Thanks Jeff for this post, but what about a combobox which doesn't have the "SelectItemByIndex"? How can I select a specific ítem? How "SelectItem" with wildcards Works?

Small edit to script to support option values that are html encoded.

How to select multiple items? Please help.

If the dropdown allows you to select multiple items, you just need to run the FindOptionIndex to retrieve each index and then perform a SelectItemByIndex for each one.

Thanks Jeff for reply, In my automation I need to select two items (Ctrl + Select two items mouse right click from list) and then click on search button, but using selectitembytext I am able to select only one. please help.

You will need to determine how the selections are registered with the page.  If that is accomplished by setting each option with the "selected" attribute you could modify the innerhtml.  That may be different for each implementation, however.

Remember, this tip is for selecting items from a long list.  For a short list, SelectItemByText will work fine.

Look at my comment above about modifying the inner html.