diff --git a/src/sst/__init__.py b/src/sst/__init__.py
index e8de868..9382e5f 100644
--- a/src/sst/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sst/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-__version__ = '0.2.8dev-4'
+__version__ = '0.2.9'
 
 DEVSERVER_PORT = 8120  # django devserver for internal acceptance tests
 
diff --git a/src/sst/actions.py b/src/sst/actions.py
index 6cd3e61..34f0b2c 100644
--- a/src/sst/actions.py
+++ b/src/sst/actions.py
@@ -562,8 +562,7 @@ def write_textfield(id_or_elem, new_text, check=True, clear=True):
     # clear field with send_keys(), don't use clear() (see
     # http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=214 for rationale)
     if clear:
-        send_keys_select_all(textfield)
-        textfield.send_keys(keys.Keys().DELETE)
+        textfield.clear()
 
     if isinstance(new_text, unicode):
         textfield.send_keys(new_text)