Pure javascript to trigger keypress event

Question

i am trying to trigger keypress event using pure javascript from console but unable to do so.

below is my code

var abc = document.querySelector("#main > footer > div.block-compose > div.input-container > div > div.input");

Code 1:

function fire( elem, type ) {

  var evt = elem.createEvent("Events");

  evt.initEvent( type, true, true, window, 1);

  elem.dispatchEvent(evt);

}

document.addEventListener( "plop", function() {
   console.log( "Fired a synthetic click event" );
}, false );

fire( abc, "plop" );

Code 2

var event = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");

event.initKeyboardEvent("keypress", true, true, null, false, false, false, false, 115, 0);

Any suggestion??

Jsfiddel link:

http://jsfiddle.net/mishragaurav31/VLZGk/1105/

i just want javascript code that can alert "keypressed"

Have a look to this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22574431/testing-keydown-events-in-jasmine-with-specific-keycode/23700583#23700583 — MarcoL, Oct 19 '16 at 08:21
try this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14348175/how-can-i-check-that-a-key-has-been-pressed — priya_singh, Oct 19 '16 at 08:23
JS PURE - Look a example: https://elgervanboxtel.nl/site/blog/simulate-keydown-event-with-javascript — KingRider, Jan 12 '18 at 16:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '16 at 09:00

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How about this (sending the key with an onkeydown call): jsBin

answered Oct 19 '16 at 09:00

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Please don't simply link to external resources. It's fine to demo your answer, but always imagine how good your answer is if your stripped all non stack overflow links from your answer. – grepsedawk Jun 02 '17 at 14:33

Pure javascript to trigger keypress event

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