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Is it possible to simulate key press events programmatically in JavaScript?
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Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes.
keydown: This event is triggered when a key is pressed down. keypress: This event is triggered when a key is pressed. This event fails to recognise keys such as tab, shift, ctrl, backspace etc. keyup: This event is triggered when a key is released.
If you're trying to create a keyboard event, you can make use of KeyboradEvent constructor. An enter key event can be dispatched like: const event = new KeyboardEvent('keypress', { key: 'enter', }); console. log(event) // KeyboardEvent {isTrusted: false, key: "enter", code: "", location: 0, ctrlKey: false, …}
A non-jquery version that works in both webkit and gecko:
var keyboardEvent = document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent'); var initMethod = typeof keyboardEvent.initKeyboardEvent !== 'undefined' ? 'initKeyboardEvent' : 'initKeyEvent'; keyboardEvent[initMethod]( 'keydown', // event type: keydown, keyup, keypress true, // bubbles true, // cancelable window, // view: should be window false, // ctrlKey false, // altKey false, // shiftKey false, // metaKey 40, // keyCode: unsigned long - the virtual key code, else 0 0, // charCode: unsigned long - the Unicode character associated with the depressed key, else 0 ); document.dispatchEvent(keyboardEvent);If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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