Support .clear() on date inputs

[aciccarello]

Using .clear() on a date field should clear the value rather than causing an error. This may affect other field types.

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Current behavior:

The .clear() command is an alias for .type({selectall}{backspace}). However, typing in date fields is limited to strings matching the date format. This causes Cypress to throw an error.

CypressError: Typing into a date input with cy.type() requires a valid date with the format 'yyyy-MM-dd'. You passed: {selectall}{del}

Desired behavior:

The type command should allow {selectall}{del} for date inputs and clear the input value.

Versions

Tested on Cypress 3.1.0

[jennifer-shehane]

Have confirmed, this does error when trying to clear a date field and it should not error.

    cy.get('input').type('2019-08-07')
    cy.get('input').clear()

[lilaconlee]

This has been fixed and we'll update the issue and the changelog when it's released.

[aciccarello]

@lilaconlee Look like this was released in 3.1.5 however I don't see that noted in the changelog.

[jennifer-shehane]

Thanks @aciccarello, this was released in 3.1.5. The changelog has been updated to reflect this.