How to capture the web:input_email element?

Question

while i try to capture the input box which is the type of "email" but its getting captured as web.element
web.element(
  112,
  "/web:window[@index='0' or @title='salesforce.com - Customer Secure Login Page']/web:document[@index='0']/web:form[@name='login' or @index='0']/web:input_email[@placeholder='User Name' and @value='[email protected]' and @name='username' and @id='username' and @onkeyup=\"if(this.value != ''){document.getElementById('clrUsr').style.display='block';}else{document.getElementById('clrUsr').style.display='none';}\" and @className='input' and @disabled='false' and @tabIndex='0' and @checked='false' and @defaultChecked='false' and @maxLength='-1' and @readOnly='false' and @selectionEnd='18' and @selectionStart='18' and @size='20' and @textLength='18' and @index='0']")
  .pressTab();
i want to set the value of textbox which is the email. In IE it is recognized as textbox but in Firefox it is recognized as web.element.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I also have similar problems with my phone and email field
I used this temporary solution. Can you please let me know if u find any?
had to write the below script to make it work. But has any body come across the issue?
Defeing robot and keyevent
web.textBox(34, "{{obj.ATG_repo.SIGNUP_email}}").keyPress("abc<SHIFT-2>example");
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_DECIMAL);
web.textBox(34, "{{obj.ATG_repo.SIGNUP_email}}").keyPress("com");