cy.type should not insert text when non-shift modifier key is pressed

[kuceb]

Current Behavior:
cy.get('input').type('{meta}a')
sends keypress, input, and inserts 'a' into the input

Desired Behavior:
cy.get('input').type('{meta}a')
should only send keydown/keyup and not insert the charater 'a' into the input

This could be seen as a breaking change if fixed, but I'd say it could go in as a patch

versions: -3.4.1

[jennifer-shehane]

The code for this is done in #4870, but this has yet to be released. We'll update this issue and reference the changelog when it's released.

[cypress-bot]

Released in 3.5.0.

[tnrich]

@jennifer-shehane @bkucera I think that the following code is now acting differently for me in v3.5.0^

.type("{selectall}100")

As you can see in the screenshot, instead of tying in 100 as expected, it only types in 00

I think that {selectall} should also be made to act like the "shift" key.

Thoughts?

[kuceb]

@tnrich what version of Cypress are you on? I'll need to know the exact version

[tnrich]

@bkucera Latest v3.6.0

[tnrich]

@bkucera bump

[kuceb]

@tnrich could you screenshot the console table that gets logged when you click on the type command log? You'll need Developer Tools open to see this. And are you still having the issue on 3.6.1

[tnrich]

Still happening with v3.6.1

Here's that screenshot @bkucera

Please let me know if you need any more info!

[tnrich]

@bkucera bump?

[jennifer-shehane]

The behavior detailed in this original issue has a test around it and has been fixed. Please open a new issue with a complete reproducible example - likely there is something special in your use case that we didn't cover. Include test code and html files to run the test against. Commenting in closed issues is not ideal.