Capybara: Select an option by value not text

Answer 1

You could also use capybara-ui which will look first to match the text, then to match the value.

# define your form widget, in this case in a role
class UserRole < Capybara::UI::Role
  form :my_form do
    select :my_select, 'my_select'
  end
end

# then just submit your form params via #submit
role = UserRole.new

role.submit :my_form, my_select: '20120905'

See more about capybara-ui forms here.