Pressing enter to submit form in react-testing-library does not work

Question

Description:

I am trying to test that a form submits when the user presses the "Enter" key. I have a passing test for when pressing the Submit button, but I also want to be sure the form submits with the keyboard (convenience and a11y).

Code:

test("should submit when pressing enter", () => {
  const handleSubmit = jest.fn();
  const { getByLabelText } = render(<App handleSubmit={handleSubmit} />);
  const input = getByLabelText("Name:");

  fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "abc" } });
  fireEvent.keyPress(input, { key: "Enter", code: 13, charCode: 13 });

  expect(handleSubmit).toHaveBeenCalled();
});

Here is a CodeSandbox with the minimal amount of code needed.

Answer 1

It's a little less clear what the source of the interaction is intended to be, but submit can be called on the input and it appears to fix the test in the sandbox:

fireEvent.submit(input);

Answer 2

The following worked for me:

import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
import { render } from "@testing-library/react";

test("should submit when pressing enter", () => {
  const handleSubmit = jest.fn();
  const { getByLabelText } = render(<App handleSubmit={handleSubmit} />);
  const input = getByLabelText("Name:");

  userEvent.type(input, "abc{enter}");

  expect(handleSubmit).toHaveBeenCalled();
});