diff --git a/lib/helper/Playwright.js b/lib/helper/Playwright.js
index ad26d6e1d..4451b3f67 100644
--- a/lib/helper/Playwright.js
+++ b/lib/helper/Playwright.js
@@ -1876,11 +1876,15 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
    * {{> type }}
    */
   async type(keys, delay = null) {
+    // Always use page.keyboard.type for any string (including single character and national characters).
     if (!Array.isArray(keys)) {
       keys = keys.toString()
-      keys = keys.split('')
+      const typeDelay = typeof delay === 'number' ? delay : this.options.pressKeyDelay
+      await this.page.keyboard.type(keys, { delay: typeDelay })
+      return
     }
 
+    // For array input, treat each as a key press to keep working combinations such as ['Control', 'A'] or ['T', 'e', 's', 't'].
     for (const key of keys) {
       await this.page.keyboard.press(key)
       if (delay) await this.wait(delay / 1000)
diff --git a/test/helper/Playwright_test.js b/test/helper/Playwright_test.js
index 9f5d5566a..f955b524f 100644
--- a/test/helper/Playwright_test.js
+++ b/test/helper/Playwright_test.js
@@ -713,6 +713,15 @@ describe('Playwright', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('#type', () => {
+    it('should type national characters', async () => {
+      await I.amOnPage('/form/field')
+      await I.fillField('Name', '')
+      await I.type('Oprávněné')
+      await I.seeInField('Name', 'Oprávněné')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('#waitForEnabled', () => {
     it('should wait for input text field to be enabled', () =>
       I.amOnPage('/form/wait_enabled')