Protractor: element.click, element.sendKeys and friends from a browser.debugger breakpoint?

Question

In using protractor, I've found browser.debugger() and the element explorer hugely useful.

What I'd like to do with tests that require more setup is pause execution with the debugger and enter a REPL similar to the element explorer.

I can get really close by dropping into a repl. It finds elements but actions like click or sendKeys don't seem to work. This may be a limitation of the node debugger and the way it pauses execution.

debug> repl
Press Ctrl + C to leave debug repl
> $('#project_name').sendKeys('hello world').then(function() { console.log('finished') })
{ then: [Function],
  cancel: [Function],
  isPending: [Function] }
> 

Does anyone know of a way to test out element.click and element.sendKeys and friends from a browser.debugger breakpoint?

Answer 1

This feature is in master now. See https://github.com/angular/protractor/commit/4368842da73d4ed501df21b61daf71951e59524b and https://github.com/angular/protractor/pull/1607. You can either use master to make use of this or wait for protractor 1.6.0