isSelected

Overview

Use the isSelected command to determine whether a given <option> or <input> element of type checkbox or radio is selected.

The command returns true if the element is selected; otherwise, it returns false.

Usage

await browser.$(selector).isSelected();

Usage Examples

index.html

<select name="selectbox" id="selectbox">
    <option value="John Doe">John Doe</option>
    <option value="Layla Terry" selected="selected">Layla Terry</option>
    <option value="Bill Gilbert">Bill Gilbert</option>
</select>

isSelected.js

it("should detect if an element is selected", async ({ browser }) => {
    let element = await browser.$('[value="Layla Terry"]');
    console.log(await element.isSelected()); // outputs: true

    element = await browser.$('[value="Bill Gilbert"]');
    console.log(await element.isSelected()); // outputs: false
});

References

We'd like to give credit to the original WebdriverIO docs article, from which we drew some information while writing our version.