Merge pull request #4960 from nocodb/test/cell-selection-retry

test: cell selection retry logic to avoid flakiness

tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Grid/index.ts

@@ -308,18 +308,41 @@ export class GridPage extends BasePage {
   }
 
   async copyWithKeyboard() {
+    // retry to avoid flakiness, until text is copied to clipboard
+    //
+    let text = '';
+    let retryCount = 5;
+    while (text === '') {
       await this.get().press((await this.isMacOs()) ? 'Meta+C' : 'Control+C');
       await this.verifyToast({ message: 'Copied to clipboard' });
+      text = await this.getClipboardText();
 
-    return this.getClipboardText();
+      // retry if text is empty till count is reached
+      retryCount--;
+      if (0 === retryCount) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return text;
   }
 
   async copyWithMouse({ index, columnHeader }: CellProps) {
+    // retry to avoid flakiness, until text is copied to clipboard
+    //
+    let text = '';
+    let retryCount = 5;
+    while (text === '') {
       await this.cell.get({ index, columnHeader }).click({ button: 'right' });
       await this.get().page().getByTestId('context-menu-item-copy').click();
-
       await this.verifyToast({ message: 'Copied to clipboard' });
+      text = await this.getClipboardText();
 
-    return this.getClipboardText();
+      // retry if text is empty till count is reached
+      retryCount--;
+      if (0 === retryCount) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return text;
   }
 }