[BUG] sendCharacters does not populate date input

[jperl]

Context:

• Playwright Version: 0.11.1
• Operating System: Mac

Code Snippet

const playwright = require("playwright");

(async () => {
  const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({ headless: false });
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto("https://m4tkx.csb.app");
  await page.focus("#date-input");

  // does not work
  await page.keyboard.sendCharacters("01012020");

  // works
  // await page.keyboard.type("01012020");
})();

Describe the bug

sendCharacters does not populate a date input whereas type does.

[jperl]

This is also an issue with time inputs.

[jperl]

Closing this in favor of using fill #1676