title: Verifying current selection of a dropdown menu
body: <p>Using Selenium Webdriver (Java)</p>
  
  <p>I need to verify that a selected value from a dropdown menu is saved when a user returns to that page in another session.</p>
  
  <p>The dropdown is simple, it just changes the number of records displayed per page after a search.</p>
  
  <p>The values are 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100.</p>
  
  <p>Using getText() simply returns the values in the array.  I need to verify that if a user chooses, say, 25, that that value is the same when returning to this particular page.  A simple assert statement doesn't work here because the value "25" can be present in other fields.</p>
  
  <p>I've also tried various uses of Select without success.</p>
  
  <p>I'd appreciate any suggestions.  If I've missed any key information, feel free to point it out and I will update the post.</p>