Package com.codeborne.selenide.commands

Class Clear

java.lang.Object

com.codeborne.selenide.commands.Clear

All Implemented Interfaces:

Command<SelenideElement>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AppiumClear, ClearWithShortcut

@ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
public class Clear
extends Object
implements Command<SelenideElement>

Clean the input field value.

The standard Selenium method WebElement.clear() does not help in case of "tricky" inputs generated by Vue.js, React and other fancy frameworks.

That's why we need to clear the field value by emulating real user actions:

1. Select the whole text
2. press "Backspace"

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.codeborne.selenide.Command

NO_ARGS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Clear()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	blurSafely(Driver driver, org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)
void	clear(Driver driver, org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)	Clear the input content without triggering "change" and "blur" events
protected void	clearAndTrigger(Driver driver, org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)	Clear the input content and trigger "change" and "blur" events
SelenideElement	execute(SelenideElement proxy, WebElementSource locator, Object[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Clear

public Clear()

Method Details

execute

@Nonnull
@CheckReturnValue
public SelenideElement execute(SelenideElement proxy,
 WebElementSource locator,
 @Nullable
 Object[] args)

Specified by:

execute in interface Command<SelenideElement>

clearAndTrigger

protected void clearAndTrigger(Driver driver,
 org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)

Clear the input content and trigger "change" and "blur" events

This is the shortest keys combination I found in May 2022.
It seems to work in Firefox, Chrome on Mac and on Linux smoothly.

blurSafely

protected void blurSafely(Driver driver,
 org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)

clear

public void clear(Driver driver,
 org.openqa.selenium.WebElement input)

Clear the input content without triggering "change" and "blur" events