Cannot type into field

[hypeofpipe]

Operating System: Solus 3.999 shannon
Cypress Version: 2.1.0
Browser Version: Electron 59

Is this a Feature or Bug?
This is a bug.

Current behavior:

I have an input field:

I get the error:

CypressError: cy.type() can only be called on textarea or :text. Your subject is a:

Desired behavior:

This is an input element, so I would expect the input to be entered.

How to reproduce:
Create an input, and try type().

Test code:

    cy.get(selector)
        .click()

    cy.get(selector)
        .type(02011999 + '{enter}')

[jennifer-shehane]

Can you paste the HTML code of the input you're trying to type into?

[hypeofpipe]

@jennifer-shehane oh yeah, I've completely forgotten it :)

<div class="Checkout__fieldRow___vzW2S">
   <div class="Checkout__labelCol___2Y_f1"><label for="birth_date">Date of birth</label></div>
   <div class="Checkout__fieldCol___1zvrt">
      <div class="FieldGroup__DatePickerGroup___3BZyo form-group"><input name="passengers[0].birth_date" class="FieldGroup__customFieldSm___12eZY" placeholder="DD-MM-YYYY" value=""><label for="passengers[0].birth_date" class="FieldGroup__placeholder___3SZMc">DD-MM-YYYY</label></div>
   </div>
</div>

[jennifer-shehane]

Yeah, so I believe that this error is displaying because you haven't defined a type attribute on your input.

Reading the HTML spec, they suggest that if no type exists, that it should be treated as type='text'. We should just be treating any input without a type as text automatically. - https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#the-input-element

The missing value default and the invalid value default are the Text state.

Workaround: Add a type attribute to your input.

Permanent Fix: Cypress should treat any input with no type attribute defined as type='text'.

• I believe the isTextLike method should be expanded to include <input> elements with no type attribute here: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/develop/packages/driver/src/dom/elements.coffee#L74
• You could also potentially expand the checks for throwing the not_on_text_field error on .type() to just do this check, since I'm not exactly sure what else changing isTextLike would affect. https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/develop/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/type.coffee#L93

[rajdhandus]

Hello.. can I please work on this issue?

[jennifer-shehane]

Ok, so I probably should have tested my theory first before rambling off a solution. The missing type attribute does not appear to be the issue here, as I can type into an input without a type attribute fine in Cypress.

@hypeofpipe Could you tell me what selector is it you were using in your original code? I realize that you didn't include everything needed to replicate.

[hypeofpipe]

@jennifer-shehane It is fixed by adding a type to it. Nevertheless, I think Cypress should give the opportunity to type in those fields (with a null type).

[kuceb]

This should be fixed as of 3.0.3 along with #1241, as we read of the type property instead of the attribute