How to clear text field before sending keys selenium c#

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I'm writing a simple selenium test which sends an incorrect string of letters then submits and returns and error. I want to then send a string of letter but this time with the correct string so it is accepted.

The issue i'm facing in my test is as the first set of string is already in the text field, so when i go to the submit the second one it adds it on to the first string that has already been submitted.

So what i essentially need to do is send the first string of letters then need to clear the text field then send the second string of letters.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
using System.Threading;

namespace Exercise1
{
    class RunPath
    {

            static void Main()
            {

                IWebDriver webDriver = new ChromeDriver();
                webDriver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://energy.gocompare.com/gas-electricity");
                webDriver.Manage().Window.Maximize();


            String title = webDriver.Title;

            String expectedTitle = "Utilities from Go Compare";
            if (title.Contains(expectedTitle))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Tile is matching with expected value");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Tile is matching with expected value");
            }

            webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//button[@type = 'submit']")).Click();

            webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//input[@type = 'text']")).SendKeys("W30PN#");

            webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//button[@type = 'submit']")).Click();


            // I need a piece of code here so that before i send the second string of keys the text field is clear 

            webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//input[@type = 'text']")).SendKeys("W30PN");

            webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//button[@type = 'submit']")).Click();


            // webDriver.Quit();

        }


        }

    }

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-21 12:54:51Z

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Add a line of code to clear the <input> field as follows:

webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//input[@type = 'text']")).Clear();
webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//input[@type = 'text']")).SendKeys("W30PN");

Ideally, as you are on a new page after invoking Navigate().GoToUrl(), you should induce WebDriverWait for the <input> element to be clickable and you can use the following code block:

IWebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath(".//input[@type='text']")));
element.Click();
element.Clear();
element.SendKeys("W30PN");

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edited May 21, 2020 at 12:54

answered Jul 11, 2018 at 11:09

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Saurabh Verma · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:35:24Z

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The clear command can be used to clear the element before entering any key in the text field

webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath("{Locator}")).Clear();
webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath("{Locator}")).SendKeys("{YOUR_KEY}");

surround this statement with try catch in order to catch and handle any selenium related exception

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:35

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Vimal CK · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-14 08:55:16Z

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Try This Before Sending Another Key:

IWebElement textbox= driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//input[@type = 'text']"));
textbox.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.LeftShift + OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Home)

edited Jan 14, 2021 at 8:55

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answered Jan 14, 2021 at 8:54

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