clearValue is not clearing input type=password field

[vedmant]

Hi, I just checked issues and there is no any resolutions to similar issues.

My problem is following, I have emails and password field, the code is:

.clearValue('#email')
.setValue('#email', loginUser.email)
.clearValue('#password')
.setValue('#password', loginUser.password)

But what I have is that email field is got cleared and new value inserted, but for password field it just appends value and not clearing default one.

[davidlinse]

Never had those issues and actually still wondering why so many else facing this.
Afaik you can come around this by .setValue('#email', '');.
regards

[vedmant]

@davidlinse setValue does not remove current value in the field, that's actually very inconvenient as you need to use clearValue every time.

[farhadf246]

if you set value before clear it and re-set it again it will work
do this:

.clearValue('#email')
.setValue('#email', loginUser.email)

.setValue('#password', loginUser.password)
.clearValue('#password')
.setValue('#password', loginUser.password)

[stormaref]

@farhadf246 thanks a lot it worked fine 😀😀

[MartinX3]

Seems to not working anymore (since a chromedriver update)? :(

[JGjumpshot]

Is this working again? I get connection refused errors from java.

[MonrealRyan]

not working also, any update?

Current NW version: ^1.0.18
Chromedriver : ChromeDriver 2.46.628402

---

Found a work around from #701 thanks to @minyanghbc

.setValue('input[type=password]', 'email@email.com')

to clear them use this code

.setValue('input[type=password]', ['', [browser.Keys.CONTROL, "a"]])
.keys('\uE017') // delete them using delete key

hopes that works for you all

[MartinX3]

I use a function to get a working "clearValue"

/**
 * A better `clearValue` for inputs having a more complex interaction.
 *
 * @export
 * @param {string} selector
 * @returns
 */

exports.command = function clearValue2 (selector) {
  const { RIGHT_ARROW, BACK_SPACE } = this.Keys
  return this.getValue(selector, (result) => {
    const chars = result.value.split('')
    // Make sure we are at the end of the input
    chars.forEach(() => this.setValue(selector, RIGHT_ARROW))
    // Delete all the existing characters
    chars.forEach(() => this.setValue(selector, BACK_SPACE))
  })
}

[stale]

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[lusarz]

👍

[Sc4ramouche]

I've been trying to adopt workarounds suggested by @MonrealRyan and @MartinX3, and I've noticed that Keys object is accessed in a different way in my case (Nightwatch 1.3.6), so you'd need to change it like this:

// for solution by MonrealRyan
.setValue('input[type=password]', ['', [browser.api.Keys.CONTROL, "a"]])

// for solution by MartinX3
const { RIGHT_ARROW, BACK_SPACE } = this.api.Keys

[hongdeyuan]

// Google Chrome 87
// maybe you can use "backspace" -> \u0008
.setValue('input[type=password]', ['\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008', '\u0008'])