Capybara selecting option from drop down - ruby

Question

I have reviewed a number of solutions from stackoverflow to no avail. I was hoping someone could help me understand the error of my ways.
The haml markup looks like:
.graduation-date-range
%label Graduation Date Range
.row-fluid
.span6
.control-group
.controls
.bfh-selectbox{:id => "graduation_start_year", :style => "width: 100%"}
= f.hidden_field :graduation_start_date
%a.bfh-selectbox-toggle{"data-toggle" => "bfh-selectbox", :href => "#", :role => "button"}
%span.bfh-selectbox-option Start Year
%b.caret
.bfh-selectbox-options
%div{:role => "listbox"}
%ul.start-years{:role => "option"}
- (2012..2018).each do |y|
%li
%a{"data-option" => y, :href => "#"}= y
.help-inline
.span6
.control-group
.controls
.bfh-selectbox{:style => "width: 100%"}
= f.hidden_field :graduation_end_date
%a.bfh-selectbox-toggle{"data-toggle" => "bfh-selectbox", :href => "#", :role => "button"}
%span.bfh-selectbox-option End Year
%b.caret
.bfh-selectbox-options
%div{:role => "listbox"}
%ul.end-years{:role => "option"}
- (2012..2018).each do |y|
%li
%a{"data-option" => y, :href => "#"}= y
.help-inline
The solution I am currently trying to employ:
select('2012', :from => 'graduation_start_year', :visible => false)
I receive :
Capybara::ElementNotFound:
Unable to find select box "graduation_start_year"
My understanding is that either the label, name, or ID can be used to select from but I may be mistaken.
Thank you in advance to those who respond.

Answer 1

It appears that this is not a form select box, but an html list that has been turned into something that resembles a dropdown box via javascript and CSS.
capybara select is looking for <select> and <option> tags. This is going to require a js type test with selenium or poltergeist to test.