Use of "storeSelectedIndex" and "storeSelectedIndexes" command in selenium IDE

"storeSelectedIndex" Command

storeSelectedIndex works with only select or multi-select target element like drop down and list box. Using this command, you can get option index of selected option.

New Test
Command	Target	Value
storeSelectedIndex	ctrl5_Main_ddlState	indexno
echo	${indexno}
storeSelectedIndexes	ctrl5_Main_ddlState	indexnos
echo	${indexnos}

(Note : Click here to view examples of other store commands.)

In above example, ctrl5_Main_ddlState target element is list box.Here command "storeSelectedIndex" will store index value of current selected option of target element ctrl5_Main_ddlState list box into variable "indexno". We can also use this command with any drop down. We can use "storeSelectedIndex " if there is

selected only one option from list box. If there are multi selected option into target element then we have to use storeSelectedIndexes command

"storeSelectedIndexes" Command

Same as "storeSelectedIndex" command, "storeSelectedIndexes" command will be used with drop down or list box to get index value of multiple selected options. In above example, "storeSelectedIndexes" command will store index of all selected options of element "ctrl5_Main_ddlState" into variable "indexnos". we can use "echo" for seeing stored values into given variable.

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