elementExplorer cuts of the first letter of my statement

[pavlinap]

When I start elementExplorer regardless of the input I get an error telling me that there is a reference error

> element(by.id(''));
ReferenceError: evalmachine.<anonymous>:1
lement(by.id(''))
lement is not defined

[juliemr]

Dupe of #1898 - @hankduan can we fix the text parsing issue separately from the timing issue?

[hankduan]

Yes, feel free to review the PR. It will fix the node 0.12.0 compatibility issue. (preferable if you can review #1954 before #1898 though so tests are in place)

[bootstraponline]

👍 elementExplorer is broken on node v0.12.2.

[sunitavc]

Will this work if I downgrade node? I'm facing the same issue and I have node 0.12.0
In my case (I'm running Windows 7.1) it even chops the last char:

element(by.id('a'))
SyntaxError: evalmachine.:1
lement(by.id('a')

[bootstraponline]

It works for me on node v0.10.30.

[sibelius]

+1

[hankduan]

@juliemr can you review that PR when you get a chance next week?

[ralberts]

+1 Is the workaround to downgrade node versions?

[bootstraponline]

Is the workaround to downgrade node versions?

Yes, to 0.10.30.

[juliemr]

This is fixed now in 2.1.