Ignoring cancel characters with playwright on string locators

[rorymullan]

What are you trying to achieve?

I.see('This isn't a string')

results in an error:

locator.isVisible: Unexpected token "t" while parsing selector ":has-text('This isn't a string') >> nth=0"
11:26:00 at Playwright.waitForText (node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/helper/Playwright.js:2584:79)

The cancel character in being removed when passing through to playwright.

What do you get instead?

Pinning back to 3.5.6 and the tests again pass.

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Details

• CodeceptJS version: 3.5.7
• NodeJS Version: 18
• Operating System: Linux
• Playwright: ^1.x.x
• Configuration file:

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[kobenguyent]

hey @rorymullan are you passing the string wrongly?

it shall be either I.see("This isn't a string") or

I.see(`This isn't a string`)

[psongers]

@kobenguyent This is also happening to me with I.waitForText("I've Succeeded", 30); only on version 3.5.7

     locator.isVisible: Unexpected token "ve" while parsing selector ":has-text('I've Succeeded') >> nth=0"
      at Playwright.waitForText (.../node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/helper/Playwright.js:2584:79)

[rorymullan]

hey @rorymullan are you passing the string wrongly?

it shall be either I.see("This isn't a string") or

I.see(`This isn't a string`)

Apologies, my original example wasn't the best. I am actually including a cancel character, so am passing:

I.see('This isn\'t a string')

This was working fine before the latest release.

[kobenguyent]

@rorymullan it works for me.

[kobenguyent]

Closed for now! Feel free to reopen if you still encounter the issue with latest version and would be nice to provide a sample code to reproduce the issue.

[jancorvus]

I am experiencing the same issue in CodeceptJS@v3.5.9-beta.1
And I tried different quotes. The failure is the same

I.waitForText("Were you able to resolve the resident's issue?", 10);
I.waitForText(`Were you able to resolve the resident's issue?`, 10);
I.waitForText('Were you able to resolve the resident\'s issue?', 10);

locator.isVisible: Unexpected token "s" while parsing selector ":has-text('Were you able to resolve the resident's issue?') >> nth=0"
      at Playwright.waitForText (node_modules\codeceptjs\lib\helper\Playwright.js:2584:79)

So, I reopened it as #4037