JAVASCRIPT

javascript simulate key press

// Type a character
function typeChar(c) {
  document.dispatchEvent(
    new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
      keyCode: c.charCodeAt(0),
      which: c.charCodeAt(0),
      key: c
    })
  );
}

// Type a word
function typeWord(w) {
  for (let c of w) {
    typeChar(c);
  }
}

typeWord('hello world');

how to simulate a keypress in javascript

window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
  console.log(e)
})

window.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
  'key': 'a'
}));
//use --> document.addEventListener('keypress', (event)=>{console.log(event)}) <-- copy the output of the key you want
//and place it (as object) at ...ardEvent('keydown', HERE)...

keypress javascript

window.addEventListener("keydown", function(event) {
	if (event.key == 'key') {
		// do thing
	}
});

keypress javascript

The keypress event has been deprecated, 
you should look to use beforeinput : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/beforeinput_event
or keydown : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/keydown_event
instead.

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