The type or namespace SelectElement could not be found in selenium c#

Question

driver.FindElement(By.Id("inputUsername")).SendKeys("aca");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("inputPassword")).SendKeys("123");
driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button")).Click();

SelectElement oSelect = new SelectElement(driver.FindElement(By.Id("selectFilterbyUser")));
oSelect.selectByText("Alex");

Do anyone have solution for the problem that i had attach in the above? Try to use SelectElement but it displays:

The type or namespace `SelectElement` could not be found.

I tried to see the potential fixes, but it shows only three options which are

• Generate class SelectElement in a new file
• Generate class SelectElement
• Generate nested class SelectElement

Does anyone know how to solve it?

Answer 1

You need to make sure to reference the NuGet Package Selenium.Support.

I was having the same issue and then realized that I was only referencing the Selenium.WebDriver NuGet Package. After adding the Selenium.Support NuGet package, and adding the proper using statements. My SelectElement code successfully compiled.

The proper using statements

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;