diff --git a/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_field.php b/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_field.php
index 6c2392135dc..d97ce537f63 100644
--- a/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_field.php
+++ b/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_field.php
@@ -235,12 +235,4 @@ class behat_form_field {
 
         return $this->fieldlocator;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Select all the text in the form field.
-     *
-     */
-    public function select_text() {
-        throw new coding_exception('select_text() is not supported for this form field type: ' . get_class($this));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/accessibilityhelper/tests/behat/accessibilityhelper.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/accessibilityhelper/tests/behat/accessibilityhelper.feature
index 3762a17b764..92dc58e13e4 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/accessibilityhelper/tests/behat/accessibilityhelper.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/accessibilityhelper/tests/behat/accessibilityhelper.feature
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Feature: Atto accessibility helper
     And I follow "Admin User"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Some plain text</p><img src='/broken-image' alt='Image 1'/><p><a href='#fsd'>Some link text</a></p>"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Screenreader helper" "button"
     Then I should see "Links in text editor"
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Feature: Atto accessibility helper
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Some plain text</p>"
     When I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Unordered list" "button"
     And I click on "Screenreader helper" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     # This shows the current HTML tags applied to the selected text.
     # This is required because they are not always read by a screen reader.
     Then I should see "UL, LI"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/align/tests/behat/align.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/align/tests/behat/align.feature
index 51515a6af6c..893fcdbe7ce 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/align/tests/behat/align.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/align/tests/behat/align.feature
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Feature: Atto align text
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Fascism</p>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Right align" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Feature: Atto align text
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Communism</p>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Right align" "button"
     And I click on "Left align" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Feature: Atto align text
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>United Future</p>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Center" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/bold/tests/behat/bold.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/bold/tests/behat/bold.feature
index 0a1b49a113e..3aef641972a 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/bold/tests/behat/bold.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/bold/tests/behat/bold.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto bold button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Badger"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Bold" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Feature: Atto bold button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Mouse"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Bold" "button"
     And I click on "Bold" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/charmap/tests/behat/charmap.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/charmap/tests/behat/charmap.feature
index eb5828ff87e..b68fddf2e52 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/charmap/tests/behat/charmap.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/charmap/tests/behat/charmap.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto charmap button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>1980 Mullet</p>"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Insert character" "button"
     And I click on "copyright sign" "button"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/clear/tests/behat/clear.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/clear/tests/behat/clear.feature
index 59e38f90bff..18483996611 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/clear/tests/behat/clear.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/clear/tests/behat/clear.feature
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Feature: Atto clear button
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p><i>Pisa</i></p>"
     When I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Clear formatting" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/equation/tests/behat/equation.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/equation/tests/behat/equation.feature
index 31474091f1e..39754bbc2f7 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/equation/tests/behat/equation.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/equation/tests/behat/equation.feature
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Feature: Atto equation editor
     When I follow "Admin User"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Equation test</p>"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Equation editor" "button"
     And I set the field "Edit equation using" to " = 1 \div 0"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/image/tests/behat/image.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/image/tests/behat/image.feature
index 566cc441863..984e5034103 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/image/tests/behat/image.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/image/tests/behat/image.feature
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Feature: Add images to Atto
     When I follow "Admin User"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>Image test</p>"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Image" "button"
     And I click on "Browse repositories..." "button"
     And I click on "Private files" "link"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Feature: Add images to Atto
     And I click on "Save image" "button"
     And I click on "Update profile" "button"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Image" "button"
     Then the field "Describe this image" matches value "It's the Moodle"
 
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/indent/tests/behat/indent.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/indent/tests/behat/indent.feature
index 5106de839cd..8ef72ab032e 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/indent/tests/behat/indent.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/indent/tests/behat/indent.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Indent text in Atto
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>I need some space.</p>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Indent" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Feature: Indent text in Atto
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "<p>I need some space.</p>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Indent" "button"
     And I click on "Outdent" "button"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/italic/tests/behat/italic.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/italic/tests/behat/italic.feature
index a582132a362..f1fca1d23fb 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/italic/tests/behat/italic.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/italic/tests/behat/italic.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto italic button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Tower of Pisa"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Italic" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Feature: Atto italic button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "GHD - for hair"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Italic" "button"
     And I click on "Italic" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/link/tests/behat/link.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/link/tests/behat/link.feature
index 00a1e05d457..8edd2e4513b 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/link/tests/behat/link.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/link/tests/behat/link.feature
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Feature: Add links to Atto
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Super cool"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Link" "button"
     And I click on "Browse repositories..." "button"
     And I click on "Private files" "link"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/media/tests/behat/media.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/media/tests/behat/media.feature
index a8eff24ec76..d0d993dd359 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/media/tests/behat/media.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/media/tests/behat/media.feature
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Feature: Add media to Atto
     And I expand "Blogs" node
     And I follow "Add a new entry"
     And I set the field "Blog entry body" to "<p>Media test</p>"
-    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" field
+    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" Atto editor
     And I set the field "Entry title" to "The best video in the entire world (not really)"
     And I click on "Media" "button"
     And I click on "Browse repositories..." "button"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/orderedlist/tests/behat/orderedlist.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/orderedlist/tests/behat/orderedlist.feature
index 8b85d903ca4..38140c3d397 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/orderedlist/tests/behat/orderedlist.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/orderedlist/tests/behat/orderedlist.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto ordered list button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Have you heard the news everyone's talking<br/> Life is good 'cause everything's awesome<br/>"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Ordered list" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/strike/tests/behat/strike.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/strike/tests/behat/strike.feature
index 7eac7b50f99..c56f5297792 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/strike/tests/behat/strike.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/strike/tests/behat/strike.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto strike button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "MUA"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     When I click on "Strike through" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/subscript/tests/behat/subscript.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/subscript/tests/behat/subscript.feature
index c918ad65986..9dbc8e7376b 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/subscript/tests/behat/subscript.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/subscript/tests/behat/subscript.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto subscript button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Submarine"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     When I click on "Subscript" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/superscript/tests/behat/superscript.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/superscript/tests/behat/superscript.feature
index ed3e0c9a497..cf9a563b3bd 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/superscript/tests/behat/superscript.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/superscript/tests/behat/superscript.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto superscript button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Helicopter"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     When I click on "Superscript" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/table/tests/behat/table.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/table/tests/behat/table.feature
index 8b79bcb393b..857d36a5527 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/table/tests/behat/table.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/table/tests/behat/table.feature
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Feature: Atto tables
     And I follow "Add a new entry"
     And I set the field "Entry title" to "How to make a table"
     And I set the field "Blog entry body" to "Table test"
-    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" field
+    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     When I click on "Table" "button"
     And I set the field "Caption" to "Dinner"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Feature: Atto tables
     And I follow "Add a new entry"
     And I set the field "Entry title" to "How to make a table"
     And I set the field "Blog entry body" to "<table><tr><td>Cell</td></tr></table>"
-    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" field
+    And I select the text in the "Blog entry body" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     And I click on "Table" "button"
     And I click on "Edit table" "link"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/title/tests/behat/title.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/title/tests/behat/title.feature
index 900f0da222a..896a1249c08 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/title/tests/behat/title.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/title/tests/behat/title.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto title
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
     And I set the field "Description" to "How The Rock Has Made the WWE World Heavyweight Title More Important Than Ever"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Paragraph styles" "button"
     When I click on "Heading 1" "link"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/underline/tests/behat/underline.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/underline/tests/behat/underline.feature
index ffc56a751c6..a16913e356c 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/underline/tests/behat/underline.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/underline/tests/behat/underline.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto underline button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Deprecated HTML Tag"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     And I click on "Show more buttons" "button"
     When I click on "Underline" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/unorderedlist/tests/behat/unorderedlist.feature b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/unorderedlist/tests/behat/unorderedlist.feature
index f148bb9dfc9..38211117c9d 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/plugins/unorderedlist/tests/behat/unorderedlist.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/plugins/unorderedlist/tests/behat/unorderedlist.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Feature: Atto unordered list button
     And I follow "Edit profile"
     And I set the field "Description" to "Things, dogs, clogs, they're awesome<br/> Rocks, clocks, and socks, they're awesome<br/> Figs, and wigs, and twigs, that's awesome<br/> Everything you see or think or say is awesome"
     And I set the field "Text editor" to "Plain text area"
-    And I select the text in the "Description" field
+    And I select the text in the "Description" Atto editor
     When I click on "Unordered list" "button"
     And I press "Update profile"
     And I follow "Edit profile"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/behat_editor_atto.php b/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/behat_editor_atto.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91723d841fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/behat_editor_atto.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Atto custom steps definitions.
+ *
+ * @package    editor_atto
+ * @category   test
+ * @copyright  2014 Damyon Wiese
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+// NOTE: no MOODLE_INTERNAL test here, this file may be required by behat before including /config.php.
+
+/**
+ * Steps definitions to deal with the atto text editor
+ *
+ * @package    editor_atto
+ * @category   test
+ * @copyright  2014 Damyon Wiese
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class behat_editor_atto extends behat_base {
+
+    /**
+     * Select the text in an Atto field.
+     *
+     * @Given /^I select the text in the "([^"]*)" Atto editor$/
+     * @throws ElementNotFoundException Thrown by behat_base::find
+     * @param string $field
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function select_the_text_in_the_atto_editor($fieldlocator) {
+        if (!$this->running_javascript()) {
+            throw new coding_exception('Selecting text requires javascript.');
+        }
+        // We delegate to behat_form_field class, it will
+        // guess the type properly.
+        $field = behat_field_manager::get_form_field_from_label($fieldlocator, $this);
+
+        if (!method_exists($field, 'select_text')) {
+            throw new coding_exception('Field does not support the select_text function.');
+        }
+        $field->select_text();
+    }
+
+
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_forms.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_forms.php
index a0af7f7031c..b686efbdc6d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_forms.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_forms.php
@@ -155,18 +155,6 @@ class behat_forms extends behat_base {
         $this->set_field_value($field, $value);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Select all the text in a field.
-     *
-     * @Given /^I select the text in the "([^"]*)" field$/
-     * @throws ElementNotFoundException Thrown by behat_base::find
-     * @param string $field
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function i_select_the_text_in_the_field($field) {
-        $this->select_text($field);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Checks, the field matches the value. More info in http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Acceptance_testing#Providing_values_to_steps.
      *
@@ -344,23 +332,6 @@ class behat_forms extends behat_base {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Call select_text on the field.
-     *
-     * Internal API method, a generic *I select the text in the "FIELD" field*
-     * is based on it.
-     *
-     * @param string $fieldlocator The pointer to the field, it will depend on the field type.
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function select_text($fieldlocator) {
-
-        // We delegate to behat_form_field class, it will
-        // guess the type properly.
-        $field = behat_field_manager::get_form_field_from_label($fieldlocator, $this);
-        $field->select_text();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generic field setter.
      *