Type command should emit clear first

[kzthrk]

I encountered a problem while on exporting a test case into python (also Java, so maybe any lang so)

Error message
 Unable to complete code export
 Test 'case001' has a problem: Incomplete command 'type'. Missing expected value argument.
Condition
  Command: type
  Target: xxx
  Value:
 *Value is blank. This condition was made by recording function of Selenium IDE.

I expect followings:

self.driver.find_element(By.NAME, "xxx").send_keys("")

Workaround:

put some strings into the value, export, and replace. 

Fundamentally:
I think the type command would be converted into clear() and send_keys().
In docs, at send keys section said that "Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this command will not replace the existing content."

side file:

{
  "id": "b2cbd104-f932-4b57-a688-05ef389b1f55",
  "version": "2.0",
  "name": "Test",
  "url": "https://localhost:8080",
  "tests": [{
    "id": "8e19e72e-aa70-4fdb-bd0a-98e7970b5d36",
    "name": "test",
    "commands": [{
      "id": "bf0bc198-b5ea-40e2-993a-35953a54afcd",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "type",
      "target": "name=comment",
      "targets": [],
      "value": ""
    }]
  }],
  "suites": [{
    "id": "3ea5402a-d61d-4523-ba8d-933818b8ca4a",
    "name": "Default Suite",
    "persistSession": false,
    "parallel": false,
    "timeout": 300,
    "tests": []
  }],
  "urls": ["https://localhost:8080/"],
  "plugins": []
}

I'm sorry if I overlooked any information that I have to read.

[tourdedave]

Code export will fail in this case for every language because value is a required field. If you want to pass an empty string, then use "" as an input for it.

We can amend the emitters for type to export clear().sendKeys().

[kzthrk]

Thank you for your prompt action.

Well, I think we have two discussion points now.

First, my real test case was produced by recording function of Selenium IDE.
I didn't any change it.
If "because value is a required field" is true, IDE should input "" as the value.

My test case:

1. type a,b,c,d,e and submit, error
2. type "Backspace" to empty the input, submit, ok
   2nd step is recorded as type command and void value.

Second, if I input "", export function generated the below code:
self.driver.find_element(By.NAME, "memo").send_keys("\"\"")

if '',
self.driver.find_element(By.NAME, "memo").send_keys("\'\'")

So, we need my workaround now.
I'd like to know the value to get send_keys("").

Thanks.

[tourdedave]

Quotes and other string terminators need to be escaped for security reasons. Regardless, this sounds like a failing in what's recorded, not of what's exported. @corevo thoughts?