selenium clear() command doesn't clear the element

Question

I have been writing selenium scripts for a while in Java. I encountered a very weird issue today. Here is the issue:

I cleared a text field using webelement.clear() method, later while executing next command (click event), the text area I had previously cleared, is now populated with previously filled value.

Here is the code snippet:

mobileNumField.get(0).clear();
Thread.sleep(4500);
emailAddress.get(0).click();
emailAddress.get(0).clear();
Thread.sleep(4500);
emailAddress.get(0).sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

Answer 1

I don't know the exact reason for your element keeping its value, but you can try an alternative text clearance by sending 'Ctrl+A+Delete' key combination using sendKeys method of the element's object:

emailAddress.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"a", Keys.DELETE));