Element should have been “select” but was “div” getting an error in selenium

Question

Here is the HTML code, i\'m trying to select \'select customer\' drop-down.

Answer 1

First check that:

Drop down in your UI/FrontEnd is using "select" method or not ?

And if not then use below snippet that will click in drop down and select value.

WebElement selectMyElement = driver.findElement(this.getObject(By.Id("Id of Your DropDown"))); 
selectMyElement.click();

Actions keyDown = new Actions(driver);
keyDown.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.DOWN, Keys.DOWN)).perform();