setValue() of input by ID with type='text' cuts off string.

setValue of and input cuts off the entire string.

youtubeUrl = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4'
module.exports = {
  'Uploading a Youtube Video' : function ( browser ) {
    browser
     .setValue( "#video_url", youtubeUrl )
   }
};

Results in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7Vzl

Cutting off the rest of the string.

As well as a vimeo movie: https://vimeo.com/1084537

Results in: https://vimeo.com/1

Although this seems to work:

youtubeUrl = 'https://www.youtube.com/123456789012345678910'

Any ideas if this is a bug or am I doing something incorrect?

[Argon2000]

So I ended up writing an extension command to nightwatch:

setValueSlow.js

exports.command = function (selector, value, using) {
    var self = this;
    self.elements(using || 'css selector', selector, function (elems) {
        elems.value.forEach(function (element) {
            for (var c of value.split('')) {
                self.elementIdValue(element.ELEMENT, c);
            }
        });
    });
    return this;
};

index.d.ts (typings extension since I’m using TypeScript):

declare module '~nightwatch/nightwatch' {
    export interface NightWatchBrowser {
        setValueSlow: (selector: string, value: string, using?: string) => NightWatchBrowser;
    }
}

Usage:

var username = '[e-mail]';
browser.setValueSlow('input[ngcontrol=username]', username); //Works with ng2!

[santimendoza]

I am using chromedriver version 2.35 and is happening with some inputs too. Any solution working right now?