# Missing document for WebUI.clearText(TestObject) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous\ **Tags:** new-doc-request\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413 "2021-05-04T05:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413/1 "2021-05-04T05:26:34Z")
I happene to find that there is no document page for the `WebUI.clearText(TestObject)` is available. Try the following: - [https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/webui-clear-text.html](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/webui-clear-text.html) This link will get 404 NOT FOUND. However, `com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords` class surely implements `clearText(TestObject)` method. See the source code: [https://github.com/katalon-studio/katalon-studio-testing-framework/blob/master/Include/scripts/groovy/com/kms/katalon/core/webui/keyword/WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy](https://github.com/katalon-studio/katalon-studio-testing-framework/blob/master/Include/scripts/groovy/com/kms/katalon/core/webui/keyword/WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy) And I checked the following Test Case, and confirmed that the `WebUI.clearText()` works: ```auto import static com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI import internal.GlobalVariable WebUI.comment('Story: Login to CURA system') WebUI.comment('Given that the user has the valid login information') WebUI.openBrowser(GlobalVariable.G_SiteURL) WebUI.click(findTestObject('Page_CuraHomepage/btn_MakeAppointment') WebUI.setText(findTestObject('Page_Login/txt_UserName'), "Fake Name") WebUI.delay(3) WebUI.clearText(findTestObject('Page_Login/txt_UserName')) WebUI.delay(3) WebUI.setText(findTestObject('Page_Login/txt_UserName'), Username) WebUI.setText(findTestObject('Page_Login/txt_Password'), Password) WebUI.comment('When he logins to CURA system') WebUI.click(findTestObject('Page_Login/btn_Login')) WebUI.comment('Then he should be able to login successfully') landingPage = WebUI.verifyElementPresent(findTestObject('Page_CuraAppointment/div_Appointment'), GlobalVariable.G_Timeout) WebUI.closeBrowser() ``` There seems to be no reason why we do not have a document for the `WebUI.clearText()` keyword. @duyluong @ThanhTo Why not? * * * There are quite a few questions in this forum, which asked “how to clear text?”. I suppose they were lost because they could not find the doc for WebUI.clearText. - [How to clear textbox?](http://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-textbox/6280) - [Katalon takes old text even after clearing the field and passing new text to the field](http://forum.katalon.com/t/katalon-takes-old-text-even-after-clearing-the-field-and-passing-new-text-to-the-field/43448) - [Is there any inbuilt function to get the text boxes clear?](http://forum.katalon.com/t/is-there-any-inbuilt-function-to-get-the-text-boxes-clear/32342) ---
**Author:** ![ThanhTo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/thanhto/32/697_2.png) [@ThanhTo](https://forum.katalon.com/u/ThanhTo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413/2 "2021-05-04T14:45:03Z")
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**Author:** ![Shin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/shin/32/16552_2.png) [@Shin](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Shin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413/3 "2021-05-05T03:19:30Z")
Hi @kazurayam, Thank you for your feedback, we will take a look and improve the document for `WebUI.clearText(TestObject)` asap. Stay tuned! Shin ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413/4 "2021-05-24T14:07:18Z")
It was reported that `WebUI.clearText()` does not work for a `` ```auto ``` See for example - [How to clear() input fields in web?](http://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-input-fields-in-web/8549/9) We can guess and understand this mess. A `` requires a text value to be a number. Now a question arises. Having blank in the field – is it legal? Is a blank a number? Well, principally, a blank is not number, a blank should be avoided there. Then how browsers should react when Katalon Studio called `WebUI.clearText()` for a `` element? Well, there would be no clear-cut answer. Browsers may behave in various manner. - turn the field blank - turn it to be the minimum value, or the maximum value, or 0 - just ignore the clearText() request A possible approach would be saying that “you should not use WebUI.clearText() for `` as the result is not deterministic” Katalon should explain in the official document something to avoid confusion. ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/missing-document-for-webui-cleartext-testobject/54413/5 "2021-10-02T00:29:31Z")
No improvement has been done yet.