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dropdown with selected item, how to get its name/ label using capybara
<select id="my-dropdown" name="my-dropdown">
  <option value="1">Peter</option>
  <option value="2" selected>Pan</option>
</select>

find_field("#my-dropdown").value

find_field("#my-dropdown").label

find_field('#my-dropdown option[selected]').text

find_field('My Dropdown').find('option[selected]').text

#based on Capybara::Node::Actions#select
def find_select_option(select_finder, option_finder)
  no_select_msg = "cannot select option, no select box with id, name, or label '#{select_finder}' found"
  no_option_msg = "cannot select option, no option with text '#{option_finder}' in select box '#{select_finder}'"
  select = find(:xpath, XPath::HTML.select(select_finder), :message => no_select_msg)
  select.find(:xpath, XPath::HTML.option(option_finder), :message => no_option_msg)
end

find_select_option('Countries', 'United States').should be_selected