Method type

tests/e2e/utils/DriverHelper.ts:440–484

(elementLocator: By, text: string, timeout: number = TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS.TS_SELENIUM_CLICK_ON_VISIBLE_ITEM)

	}

	async type(elementLocator: By, text: string, timeout: number = TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS.TS_SELENIUM_CLICK_ON_VISIBLE_ITEM): Promise<void> {
		const polling: number = TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS.TS_SELENIUM_DEFAULT_POLLING;
		const attempts: number = Math.ceil(timeout / polling);

		if (elementLocator.toString().toLocaleLowerCase().includes('password')) {
			Logger.trace(`${elementLocator} text: ***`);
		} else {
			Logger.trace(`${elementLocator} text: ${text}`);
		}

		for (let i: number = 0; i < attempts; i++) {
			let element: WebElement;
			try {
				element = await this.waitVisibility(elementLocator, polling);
			} catch (err) {
				if (i >= attempts - 1) {
					Logger.error(`failed with exception, out of attempts - ${err}`);
					throw err;
				}

				if (err instanceof error.TimeoutError) {
					Logger.trace(`polling timed out attempt #${i + 1}, retrying with ${polling}ms timeout`);
					continue;
				}

				Logger.error(`failed with an unexpected exception - ${err}`);
				throw err;
			}

			try {
				await element.sendKeys(text);
				return;
			} catch (err) {
				if (err instanceof error.StaleElementReferenceError) {
					await this.wait(polling);
					continue;
				}

				Logger.error(`failed with an unexpected exception - ${err}`);
				throw err;
			}
		}

		throw new error.TimeoutError(`Exceeded maximum typing attempts, to the '${elementLocator}' element`);
	}

	async typeToInvisible(
		elementLocator: By,