Taiko: Unable to write language specific characters in 1.0.3

[mcalster]

Expected behavior

Open Google.com and attempt to write æøå in search box.

Expected behvior: The æåø string is written in the search box.

Actual behavior

Tell us what happens instead
Exception:
Error: Unknown key: "æ"
at assert (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\helper.js:83:11)
at _keyDescriptionForString (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\handlersinputHandler.js:81:3)
at Object._down [as down] (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\handlersinputHandler.js:33:23)
at _write (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\taiko.js:1455:24)
at async npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\taiko.js:1430:24
at async doActionAwaitingNavigation (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\taiko.js:3410:5)
at async module.exports.write (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\taiko.js:1398:3)
at async module.exports. (npmnode_modules\taiko\lib\taiko.js:3654:14)
at async global. (npmnode_modules\taiko\bin\runFile.js:44:15)

Versions

Working;
Version: 1.0.2 (Chromium:76.0.3803.0)
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Not working:
Version: 1.0.3 (Chromium:81.0.3994.0)
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[BugDiver]

@mcalster I'm able to replicate this issue. We will try to prioritize and fix it.

[srikanthgoudm]

is it fixed yet?

[sriv]

related #1091

The cause is that taiko refers to a specific keyboard layout for mapping the keycodes to a character as defined in USKeyboardLayout.js

This needs to be enhanced to support other keyboard layouts and allow entering other characters (including unicode).

[SanjuSona-19]

is there any alternative way to overcome it?

[mcalster]

is there any alternative way to overcome it?

You could downgrade to the previous version, which doesn't have that behavior.

[SanjuSona-19]

can you please elaborate?

[BugDiver]

@SanjuSona-19 #1096 Should address this. We will try to push a release with this soon.

[srikanthgoudm]

Thanks @BugDiver , do we need to update the version?

[BugDiver]

@srikanthgoudm The fix is still in the master branch (not released at this moment). So you can install it from the Github master version.

[zabil]

Fixed on Taiko 1.0.4