nightwatch: clearValue is not clearing the value

Hello, I have a box with a text value inside. So I want to call it using

.clearValue(element.durInput)

but it’s not clearing the value and so when I use .setValue it appends the new value instead of replacing. I wanted to instead use the code for keypress to press ctrl-a and then backspace to clear it. I’m using the code

browser.keys([browser.Keys.CONTROL, "a"])
browser.keys("8")

but I’m sure it’s wrong since it’s not working. Any idea how to make it work? Thanks in advance

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 9 years ago
Comments: 25 (3 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Add workaround for selenium/firefox test issue https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/issues/504 — committed to ConnorStroomberg/molgenis-ui-form by ConnorStroomberg 6 years ago
test: run firefox tests on mac To work around https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/issues/504, run on mac instead. It's a windows/firefox problem. — committed to fdlk/molgenis-ui-form by fdlk 5 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Clicking on the element prior to clearing does the trick for me.

browser
    .click(elementId)
    .clearValue(elementId)
    .setValue(elementId, 'A car floats in space');

+23

Treyone on Feb 8, 2018

I really suffered with this one today, so I share my solution since none of the other solutions worked for me for chrome & firefox:

`exports.command = function (fieldSelector) { const browserName = this.options.desiredCapabilities.browserName;

if (browserName === ‘chrome’) { this.getValue(fieldSelector, function (result) { this.setValue(fieldSelector, […(result.value || ‘’)].map(char => ‘\u0008’)); }); } else { this.clearValue(fieldSelector); }

return this; };`

This is a command to do one thing for chrome and other one for firefox

MirkoTV on Aug 15, 2021

On the newest version of nightwatch and still having this issue, please fix

judahtanninen on Dec 31, 2020

What was the resolution on this issue? I am seeing this issue but only when running the test against IE 11. Chrome and Firefox clear the field just fine.

jlee-locktonmylo on Aug 25, 2016

We’ve also noticed that this problem only occurs in React applications. So, I wanted to ask here if there is someone who is facing the same issue with the clearValue command but not working on a React application.

garg3133 on Feb 27, 2024

When I use .setValue it appends the new value instead of replacing

In headless mode, setValue is working for me, but not with headless: false (nightwatch 2.4.1).

dtslvr on Oct 28, 2022

I have the exact same issue too - on chrome 87

hongdeyuan on Nov 25, 2020