From 311ba0c853cf72b894d8dc324966972fa3a60779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elena Bondarenko <40801241+ebondare@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:24:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix failure to clear field (#8329)

Signed-off-by: Elena Bondarenko <ebondare@redhat.com>
---
 ocs_ci/ocs/ui/base_ui.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 ocs_ci/ocs/ui/pvc_ui.py  |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/base_ui.py b/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/base_ui.py
index f172c5c693f..051b108e4ec 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/base_ui.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/base_ui.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
 from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
 from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as ec
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -548,6 +549,17 @@ def do_clear(self, locator, timeout=30):
         element = wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((locator[1], locator[0])))
         element.clear()
 
+    def clear_with_ctrl_a_del(self, locator, timeout=30):
+        """
+        Clear the existing text using CTRL + a and then Del keys,
+        as on some elements .clear() function doesn't always work correctly.
+
+        """
+        wait = WebDriverWait(self.driver, timeout)
+        element = wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((locator[1], locator[0])))
+        element.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL, "a")
+        element.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
+
     def wait_until_expected_text_is_found(self, locator, expected_text, timeout=60):
         """
         Method to wait for a expected text to appear on the UI (use of explicit wait type),
diff --git a/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/pvc_ui.py b/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/pvc_ui.py
index 2257e4c25cb..852a6366b6a 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/pvc_ui.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/ocs/ui/pvc_ui.py
@@ -296,9 +296,11 @@ def pvc_clone_ui(
             self.ocp_version_full == version.VERSION_4_6
             and ocs_version == version.VERSION_4_6
         ):
-            self.do_clear(format_locator(self.pvc_loc["clone_name_input"], clone_name))
+            self.clear_with_ctrl_a_del(
+                format_locator(self.pvc_loc["clone_name_input"], clone_name)
+            )
         else:
-            self.do_clear(self.pvc_loc["clone_name_input"])
+            self.clear_with_ctrl_a_del(self.pvc_loc["clone_name_input"])
 
         logger.info("Enter the name of clone PVC")
         if (