Protractor: Angular2/4 Forms Model doesn-t get properly updated on element.clear()

[teratzul]

Hi there!

It looks like there is a synchronization problem with Angular2(4) Forms when clearing an input field with element.clear().

A detailed description of the issue can be found here.

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Bug Report

• Node Version: v7.8.0
• Protractor Version: 5.1.0
• Angular Version: 4.0.0
• Browser(s): Chrome
• Operating System and Version Ubuntu 16.10 LTS

[gd46]

I have noticed this as well when interacting with WYSIWYG editors. If the editor creates a default content containing a

element clear will remove everything and affect the validity of the editor.

[anasbud]

Any solution ?

[stephanme]

A similar problem existed ~4 years ago.

The workaround https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/301#issuecomment-32651201 fixed it for me also on angular 5 / protractor 5.2.0.

[MatissJanis]

This is the "solution" we use:

field.clear();
field.sendKeys(' ');
field.sendKeys(protractor.Key.BACK_SPACE);

[SchnWalter]

This has been fixed and we also have tests for it, see https://github.com/angular/protractor/commit/b93c8310f8aaccbebed672eeb42e156d47d16f0a