Using Contains with a regex on input[type="submit"]

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I'm using Cypress to test a form which has an input of type="submit". When I select the element with

cy.contains('Submit new data')

it works, but when I use a regex

cy.contains(/Submit new data/)

I get error expected to find content: '/Save Changes/'.

Can anyone help me, what is the problem with using regex in .contains().

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1 Answers

This is a known issue, but has been fixed in the latest release Cypress v10.3.1 (Released 7/19/2022).

Current behavior

<form>
  <input type="submit" value="Save Changes" />
</form>

cy.contains('Save Changes') // OK. yields input[type='submit'] element
cy.contains(/Save Changes/) // ERROR. Expected to find content: '/Save Changes/'

If you have an older version of Cypress, please upgrade and try the same test again.

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