diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress.config.ts b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress.config.ts
index ba3bdaab035d4c..fa334988305b64 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineConfig } from "cypress";
+import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
 
 export default defineConfig({
   video: true,
@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@ export default defineConfig({
   responseTimeout: 45000,
   viewportHeight: 1080,
   viewportWidth: 1920,
-  projectId: "k7ab29",
-  reporter: "cypress-multi-reporters",
+  projectId: 'k7ab29',
+  reporter: 'cypress-multi-reporters',
 
   reporterOptions: {
-    reporterEnabled: "spec, mocha-junit-reporter",
+    reporterEnabled: 'spec, mocha-junit-reporter',
     mochaJunitReporterReporterOptions: {
-      mochaFile: "cypress/reports/results-[hash].xml",
-    },
+      mochaFile: 'cypress/reports/results-[hash].xml'
+    }
   },
 
   retries: 1,
 
   env: {
-    LOGIN_USER: "admin",
-    LOGIN_PWD: "admin",
-    CEPH2_URL: "https://localhost:4202/",
+    LOGIN_USER: 'admin',
+    LOGIN_PWD: 'admin',
+    CEPH2_URL: 'https://localhost:4202/'
   },
 
   chromeWebSecurity: false,
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ export default defineConfig({
     // We've imported your old cypress plugins here.
     // You may want to clean this up later by importing these.
     setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
-      return require("./cypress/plugins/index.js")(on, config);
+      return require('./cypress/plugins/index.js')(on, config);
     },
-    baseUrl: "https://localhost:4200/",
-    excludeSpecPattern: ["*.po.ts", "**/orchestrator/**"],
+    baseUrl: 'https://localhost:4200/',
+    excludeSpecPattern: ['*.po.ts', '**/orchestrator/**'],
     experimentalSessionAndOrigin: true,
-    specPattern: "cypress/e2e/**/*-spec.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,feature}",
+    specPattern: 'cypress/e2e/**/*-spec.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,feature}'
   },
 
   component: {
     devServer: {
-      framework: "angular",
-      bundler: "webpack",
+      framework: 'angular',
+      bundler: 'webpack'
     },
-    specPattern: "**/*.cy.ts",
-  },
+    specPattern: '**/*.cy.ts'
+  }
 });
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress/support/commands.ts b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress/support/commands.ts
index 2ab1b50025b849..09a2788eb00429 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ function requestAuth(username: string, password: string, url = '') {
 }
 
 // @ts-ignore
-Cypress.Commands.add('text', { prevSubject: true }, (subject: any) => {
-  return subject.text();
+Cypress.Commands.add('text', { prevSubject: true }, ($element: JQuery<HTMLElement>) => {
+  cy.wrap($element).scrollIntoView();
+  return cy
+    .wrap($element)
+    .invoke('text')
+    .then((text: string) => {
+      return text.toString();
+    });
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('logToConsole', (message: string, optional?: any) => {