Cypress: Send key F3 without input

[rccclr]

I am newbie on cypress.

I need write a test with F3 send key to page.

I wrote this (114 = charcode key for F3):

cy.get('body').type('{114}')  // (not ok) 
cy.get('body').type('{{114}') // (not ok)

Pease help

[jennifer-shehane]

The only special characters built in to Cypress are listed in the docs here. There is not a special character for {114}.

You should be able to trigger the keydown event with the character code needed for F3 using .trigger() like this:

cy.get('body').trigger('keydown', { keyCode: 114, which: 114 })

Let me know if this works.

[rccclr]

Perfect !!!

Many many thanks.

[peetjvv]

I recently ran into a similar issue and came across this thread. In my case I had to trigger a Backspace. Unfortunately @jennifer-shehane 's suggestion didn't work. I later learned that keyCode is deprecated in KeyboardEvent, but using key worked for me.

Here is my code:

cy.get('body').trigger("keydown", { key: "Backspace" });

[muscapades]

With the current version 3.4.1, to simulate a function key press I had to do

cy.get('body').trigger('keydown', { key: "F8", code: "F8", which: 119 })

(using https://keycode.info/ as a handy way to find the relevant values for any given key).

(In my case, I needed all three: key, code, which - your milage may vary.)

[dte]

For anyone else finding this thread, I had to add the full keydown, keypress and keyup events as specified here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56854185

[skivol]

For typing special characters built into Cypress without focus into some specific input one can do, for example, like this cy.get('body').type('{esc}', { force: true }).

[Todsphol]

For typing special characters built into Cypress without focus into some specific input one can do, for example, like this cy.get('body').type('{esc}', { force: true }).

It work for me. I use cypress version 3.8.2 but have to loop to work.

for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
     cy.get('modal-container').type('{esc}', { force: true});
}