How to Press Enter and Other Special Keys in Cypress
Ferenc Almasi • 2022 August 24 •
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To press the enter key in your Cypress tests, you can use the type command with the following special characters:
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cy.get('input').type('{enter}')This will tell Cypress to simulate a click on the enter key. There are other supported special character sequences in Cypress that can simulate key presses. These can be categorized into the following three different groups:
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// Special characters:
cy.get('input').type('{enter}')
cy.get('input').type('{backspace}')
cy.get('input').type('{del}')
cy.get('input').type('{esc}')
cy.get('input').type('{end}')
cy.get('input').type('{home}')
cy.get('input').type('{insert}')
cy.get('input').type('{moveToEnd}') // Move cursor to the end of typeable element
cy.get('input').type('{moveToStart}') // Move cursor to the start of typeable element
cy.get('input').type('{pageDown}') // Scroll down
cy.get('input').type('{pageUp}') // Scroll up
cy.get('input').type('{selectAll}') // Select the entire input value
// Arrows:
cy.get('input').type('{upArrow}')
cy.get('input').type('{downArrow}')
cy.get('input').type('{leftArrow}')
cy.get('input').type('{rightArrow}')
// Modifier keys:
cy.get('input').type('{shift}')
cy.get('input').type('{ctrl}')
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