protractor: sendKeys() doesn't insert text because focus is on the address bar (firefox only)

Hi there, i’m testing a form login contained in a modal.

I’m using the Page Object so i get the element by this:

    this.getRegistrationUserName = function () {
      return element(by.css('#registrationModalView.modal form[name="regForm"] #input_last_name'));
    };

Sometimes sendKeys(string) function execute but the input text-box isn’t filled up by the string! I can say that execute since this.getRegistrationUserName().sendKeys(name).then(function() {console.log("done!");} ) actually prints done!) The weird is that i notice this issue just for the first input text-box of the form.

After looking #562 seems that executing .clear() on the text-box make sendKeys() working well.

Configuration:

• protractor 1.4.x
• chromedriver: 2.9