Documentation says it's unsafe to chain after .clear() but has an example with .clear().type("xyz")

[m-gug]

Subject

chaining after .clear()

Description

The documentation (and the linting) says, that it is unsafe to chain commands after .clear(). https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/clear#__docusaurus_skipToContent_fallback

But the same documentation has an example (https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/clear#No-Args) where it chains a .type() command after the .clear(), which is a little confusing and inconsistent.

Is it safe to chain a type after a clear?

[nagash77]

@m-gug good catch! You should NOT chain off of clear()

I would suggest you do something like this instead:

cy.get('textarea').clear()
cy.get('textarea').type('Hello, World')

[MikeMcC399]

This also needs fixing for https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/clear#Usage

@jennifer-shehane

If @jaffrepaul is no longer available, perhaps you could re-assign or remove the assignment?

[jennifer-shehane]

Open to a PR for this.