Katalon takes old text even after clearing the field and passing new text to the field

#1

Hello,

Please help me with the below iddue.

  1. I set the username field and password field to some text say
    Username: 1test1@test.com
    Password: test
  2. Now I clear the field using the below code
    @Keyword
    def static clearElementText(TestObject to) {
    WebElement element = WebUiCommonHelper.findWebElement(to,30)
    WebUI.executeJavaScript(“arguments[0].value=’’”, Arrays.asList(element))
    }
    and then

TestObject to = findTestObject(‘Login/input_Email’)
CustomKeywords.‘react.methods.clearElementText’(to)

  1. Now I have cleared the field with the above code(which works). But when I try to set the same Username field with some other text- say

WebUI.setText(findTestObject(‘Login/input_Password’), “test”)

The Username field fills like below

1test1@test.comtest

  1. Or if i try to fill it in with no text using

WebUI.setText(findTestObject(‘Login/input_Password’), " ")

It sets itself to the initial Username field which is

1test1@test.com

Basically, by default it fill the field by the very first input. Please let me know if anyone has any solution for this.

I can provide with more details and screenshots if required.

Missing document for WebUI.clearText(TestObject)
#2

@ini.ramesh Sorry, it’s off topic, but what about clearing the text with using

WebUI.clearText(findTestObject(‘Login/input_Password’))

#3

Perhaps the browser is trying to “help” you by remembering inputs?

I can fix this using JavaScript to target the fields. But that would change your code significantly.

Let me know.

#4

@Russ_Thomas Thanks so much for the response. I dont think it is trying to remember. Let me share a screenshot of how it is concatenating the input to the previous ones when I try to clear the text and add a new username in the field everytime in the same test script.

Also, when I clear the field it behaves like it has already cleared it. But when I run the step again, it jumps on to the very 1st input I give and concatenates the next input with the 1st one.

Also- clearText is not working with Mac-Chrome combo which we are using to test.

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#5

I’m intrigued.

Are you familiar with DevTools? Can you try setting the field from using the DevTools console? It will look something like this:

document.querySelector("css-selector-for-your-field").value = "someone@somewhere.com"

If you share more info (screenshots of the HTML using DevTools Inspector) then we can make this work in Katalon/Groovy quite easily.

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#6

Thanks Russ- Will get back with the details ASAP! Really appreciate your timely response.

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#7

Is this issue has been resolved? I’m encountering the same behavior which cause error