Add a fallback for clearValue command..

lib/transport/selenium-webdriver/method-mappings.js

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const NightwatchLocator = require('../../element/locator-factory.js');
 const {isString} = require('../../utils');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const cdp = require('./cdp.js');
-
+const {Key} = require('selenium-webdriver');
+const {element_command_retries} = require('../../settings/defaults.js');
 module.exports = class MethodMappings {
   get driver() {
     return this.transport.driver;
@@ -578,16 +579,28 @@ module.exports = class MethodMappings {
 
         async isElementSelected(webElementOrId) {
           const element = this.getWebElement(webElementOrId);
+          await element.clear();
           const value = await element.isSelected();
 
           return value;
         },
+        async clearElementValue(webElementOrId, text) {
+          try {
+            const element = this.getWebElement(webElementOrId);
+            await element.clear(); // Clear the element's value (if it's an input field)
+
+            // Check if the element still has some value
+            let value = await element.getAttribute('value');
+            while (value !== null && value !== '') {
+              await element.sendKeys(Key.BACK_SPACE); // Send BACK_SPACE keys to cleared the value
+              value = await element.getAttribute('value'); // Update the value after sending the BACK_SPACE
+            }
 
-        async clearElementValue(webElementOrId) {
-          const element = this.getWebElement(webElementOrId);
-          await element.clear();
-
-          return null;
+            // Once the element is cleared, send the new text
+            await element.sendKeys(text);
+          } catch (error){
+            console.error('An error occurred', error);
+          }
         },
 
         setElementValueRedacted(...args) {

test/clearValueTest.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+describe('clearValue Demo', function() {
+  before(browser => {
+    browser
+      .navigateTo('https://sandbox.mabl.com/mailbox');
+  });
+
+  it('shows issue with clearValue command', async function(browser) {
+    browser
+      .sendKeys('input[name=to]', 'hello')
+      .clearValue('input[name=to]')
+      .sendKeys('input[name=to]', 'hi')
+      .pause(3000);
+  });
+
+  after(browser => browser.end());
+});