diff --git a/src/server/supplements/recorder/csharp.ts b/src/server/supplements/recorder/csharp.ts
index a550a0edc6..1d69c386d2 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/recorder/csharp.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/recorder/csharp.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { BrowserContextOptions } from '../../../..';
 import { LanguageGenerator, LanguageGeneratorOptions, sanitizeDeviceOptions, toSignalMap } from './language';
 import { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import { actionTitle, Action } from './recorderActions';
-import { MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
+import { escapeWithQuotes, MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
 import deviceDescriptors from '../../deviceDescriptors';
 
 export class CSharpLanguageGenerator implements LanguageGenerator {
@@ -266,5 +266,5 @@ class CSharpFormatter {
 }
 
 function quote(text: string) {
-  return `"${text.replace(/["]/g, '\\"')}"`;
+  return escapeWithQuotes(text, '\"');
 }
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diff --git a/src/server/supplements/recorder/java.ts b/src/server/supplements/recorder/java.ts
index 8ba210290e..38eebd4b06 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/recorder/java.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/recorder/java.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { BrowserContextOptions } from '../../../..';
 import { LanguageGenerator, LanguageGeneratorOptions, toSignalMap } from './language';
 import { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import { Action, actionTitle } from './recorderActions';
-import { MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
+import { escapeWithQuotes, MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
 import deviceDescriptors from '../../deviceDescriptors';
 import { JavaScriptFormatter } from './javascript';
 
@@ -228,12 +228,6 @@ function formatClickOptions(options: MouseClickOptions, isPage: boolean) {
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
-function quote(text: string, char: string = '\"') {
-  if (char === '\'')
-    return char + text.replace(/[']/g, '\\\'') + char;
-  if (char === '"')
-    return char + text.replace(/["]/g, '\\"') + char;
-  if (char === '`')
-    return char + text.replace(/[`]/g, '\\`') + char;
-  throw new Error('Invalid escape char');
+function quote(text: string) {
+  return escapeWithQuotes(text, '\"');
 }
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/recorder/javascript.ts b/src/server/supplements/recorder/javascript.ts
index bef65fafa7..1f735bef5b 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/recorder/javascript.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/recorder/javascript.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { BrowserContextOptions } from '../../../..';
 import { LanguageGenerator, LanguageGeneratorOptions, sanitizeDeviceOptions, toSignalMap } from './language';
 import { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import { Action, actionTitle } from './recorderActions';
-import { MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
+import { escapeWithQuotes, MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
 import deviceDescriptors from '../../deviceDescriptors';
 
 export class JavaScriptLanguageGenerator implements LanguageGenerator {
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@ export class JavaScriptFormatter {
   }
 }
 
-function quote(text: string, char: string = '\'') {
-  if (char === '\'')
-    return char + text.replace(/[']/g, '\\\'') + char;
-  if (char === '"')
-    return char + text.replace(/["]/g, '\\"') + char;
-  if (char === '`')
-    return char + text.replace(/[`]/g, '\\`') + char;
-  throw new Error('Invalid escape char');
+function quote(text: string) {
+  return escapeWithQuotes(text, '\'');
 }
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/recorder/python.ts b/src/server/supplements/recorder/python.ts
index 9c8d088178..acf4abedcb 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/recorder/python.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/recorder/python.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { BrowserContextOptions } from '../../../..';
 import { LanguageGenerator, LanguageGeneratorOptions, sanitizeDeviceOptions, toSignalMap } from './language';
 import { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import { actionTitle, Action } from './recorderActions';
-import { MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
+import { escapeWithQuotes, MouseClickOptions, toModifiers } from './utils';
 import deviceDescriptors from '../../deviceDescriptors';
 
 export class PythonLanguageGenerator implements LanguageGenerator {
@@ -264,12 +264,6 @@ class PythonFormatter {
   }
 }
 
-function quote(text: string, char: string = '\"') {
-  if (char === '\'')
-    return char + text.replace(/[']/g, '\\\'') + char;
-  if (char === '"')
-    return char + text.replace(/["]/g, '\\"') + char;
-  if (char === '`')
-    return char + text.replace(/[`]/g, '\\`') + char;
-  throw new Error('Invalid escape char');
+function quote(text: string) {
+  return escapeWithQuotes(text, '\"');
 }
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/recorder/utils.ts b/src/server/supplements/recorder/utils.ts
index 283aa3fef5..ec6a57d422 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/recorder/utils.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/recorder/utils.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,15 @@ export function describeFrame(frame: Frame): { frameName?: string, frameUrl: str
     return { isMainFrame: false, frameUrl: frame.url(), frameName: frame.name() };
   return { isMainFrame: false, frameUrl: frame.url() };
 }
+
+export function escapeWithQuotes(text: string, char: string = '\'') {
+  const stringified = JSON.stringify(text);
+  const escapedText = stringified.substring(1, stringified.length - 1).replace(/\\"/g, '"');
+  if (char === '\'')
+    return char + escapedText.replace(/[']/g, '\\\'') + char;
+  if (char === '"')
+    return char + escapedText.replace(/["]/g, '\\"') + char;
+  if (char === '`')
+    return char + escapedText.replace(/[`]/g, '`') + char;
+  throw new Error('Invalid escape char');
+}
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
index a0e7103ca1..4904e17627 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
@@ -645,4 +645,40 @@ test.describe('cli codegen', () => {
     await cli.exited;
     expect(fs.existsSync(traceFileName)).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  test('should fill tricky characters', async ({ page, openRecorder }) => {
+    const recorder = await openRecorder();
+
+    await recorder.setContentAndWait(`<textarea id="textarea" name="name" oninput="console.log(textarea.value)"></textarea>`);
+    const selector = await recorder.focusElement('textarea');
+    expect(selector).toBe('textarea[name="name"]');
+
+    const [message, sources] = await Promise.all([
+      page.waitForEvent('console', msg => msg.type() !== 'error'),
+      recorder.waitForOutput('JavaScript', 'fill'),
+      page.fill('textarea', 'Hello\'\"\`\nWorld')
+    ]);
+
+    expect(sources.get('JavaScript').text).toContain(`
+  // Fill textarea[name="name"]
+  await page.fill('textarea[name="name"]', 'Hello\\'"\`\\nWorld');`);
+    expect(sources.get('Java').text).toContain(`
+      // Fill textarea[name="name"]
+      page.fill("textarea[name=\\\"name\\\"]", "Hello'\\"\`\\nWorld");`);
+
+    expect(sources.get('Python').text).toContain(`
+    # Fill textarea[name="name"]
+    page.fill(\"textarea[name=\\\"name\\\"]\", \"Hello'\\"\`\\nWorld\")`);
+
+    expect(sources.get('Python Async').text).toContain(`
+    # Fill textarea[name="name"]
+    await page.fill(\"textarea[name=\\\"name\\\"]\", \"Hello'\\"\`\\nWorld\")`);
+
+    expect(sources.get('C#').text).toContain(`
+        // Fill textarea[name="name"]
+        await page.FillAsync(\"textarea[name=\\\"name\\\"]\", \"Hello'\\"\`\\nWorld\");`);
+
+    expect(message.text()).toBe('Hello\'\"\`\nWorld');
+  });
+
 });