Studio does not properly handle typing into an input with existing value

[panzarino]

Current behavior

When a user types into an input field, Studio will record the characters pressed and add them to a new cy.type() command. However, we run into a problem when there is already a value in that field before the typing begins. If the user's cursor is not at the end of the line, or they highlight some characters and delete, etc. Studio will still generate a type command with the characters typed. This causes those typed characters to be appended to the end of the input when run, which does not accurately reflect the user's actions. See an example below

Desired behavior

Studio should attempt to mimic the user's actions as closely as possible. We'll have to compare the actual values within the input element to guess at what action the user is taking and do our best to accurately replicate that in the generated Studio commands. This might require us to add cy.clear() before the cy.type() command or something along those lines.

Versions

Cypress 6.3.0

[cypress-bot]

The code for this is done in cypress-io/cypress#15145, but has yet to be released.
We'll update this issue and reference the changelog when it's released.

[cypress-bot]

Released in 6.7.0.

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