Selenium - send_keys() sending incomplete string

Question

My problem: I have a method to fill a field, but the problem is that selenium is not sending the complete string to the field, so my assert fails at the tim

Answer 1

I had run into this in a previous version and filed a bug report. It had since been fixed, but perhaps it is broken again? In any case, when we discussed this on the protractor chat channel, the following suggestion was made: Use sendKeys as normal, then verify the result. If the result fails the sanity check, then enter the characters one at a time.

/**
 * A Typescript version that can be used as a mixin.
 * Make some minor modifications to use as a class.
 * @param data {string} The string to enter in the input element
 */
export class SendKeys {
    inputEl: ElementFinder;

    sendKeys(data: string) {
        var el = this.inputEl;
        // click on the input before sending data. This helps the focus and action situations.
        el.click();

        el.clear();
        el.sendKeys(data);

        // Verify whether or not hte whole data value was sent.
        // If not, send data one character at a time, which works.
        // See: https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/3196
        el.getAttribute('value').then(function (insertedValue) {
            if (insertedValue !== data) {
                // Failed, must send characters one at a time
                el.clear();
                for (let i=0; i < data.lenght; i++) {
                    el.sendKeys(data.charAt(i));
               }
           }
       });
    }
}

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/**
 * The Javascript version:
 * @param el {ElementFinder} The input element reference
 * @param data {string} The string to enter in the input element
 */
export function sendKeys(el, data) {
        var el = this.inputEl;
        // click on the input before sending data. This helps the focus and action situations.
        el.click();

        el.clear();
        el.sendKeys(data);

        // Verify whether or not hte whole data value was sent.
        // If not, send data one character at a time, which works.
        // See: https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/3196
        el.getAttribute('value').then(function (insertedValue) {
            if (insertedValue !== data) {
                // Failed, must send characters one at a time
                el.clear();
                for (let i=0; i < data.lenght; i++) {
                    el.sendKeys(data.charAt(i));
               }
           }
       });
    }