From 262d26d53777813a9c39510845c5f75f3f22d868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Delle Donne <sebastian.delledonne@elastic.co>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:25:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: input not being correctly cleared sometimes

---
 src/platform/test/functional/page_objects/index_editor.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/page_objects/index_editor.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/page_objects/index_editor.ts
index 4c43c70badee4..851ea182a82fd 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/page_objects/index_editor.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/page_objects/index_editor.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ export class IndexEditorObject extends FtrService {
 
   public async setCellValue(rowIndex: number, columnIndex: number, value: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.testSubjects.click(`indexEditorCellValue-${rowIndex}-${columnIndex}`);
-    await this.testSubjects.setValue('indexEditorCellValueInput', value);
+    const input = await this.testSubjects.find('indexEditorCellValueInput');
+    await input.clearValueWithKeyboard();
+    await input.type(value, { charByChar: true });
     await this.common.pressEnterKey();
   }