Method: Playwright::Keyboard#down

Defined in:

lib/playwright_api/keyboard.rb

#down(key) ⇒ Object

Dispatches a keydown event.

key can specify the intended [keyboardEvent.key](developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/key) value or a single character to generate the text for. A superset of the key values can be found [here](developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/key/Key_Values). Examples of the keys are:

F1 - F12, Digit0- Digit9, KeyA- KeyZ, Backquote, Minus, Equal, Backslash, Backspace, Tab, Delete, Escape, ArrowDown, End, Enter, Home, Insert, PageDown, PageUp, ArrowRight, ArrowUp, etc.

Following modification shortcuts are also supported: Shift, Control, Alt, Meta, ShiftLeft.

Holding down Shift will type the text that corresponds to the key in the upper case.

If key is a single character, it is case-sensitive, so the values a and A will generate different respective texts.

If key is a modifier key, Shift, Meta, Control, or Alt, subsequent key presses will be sent with that modifier active. To release the modifier key, use [‘method: Keyboard.up`].

After the key is pressed once, subsequent calls to [‘method: Keyboard.down`] will have [repeat](developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/repeat) set to true. To release the key, use [`method: Keyboard.up`].

> NOTE: Modifier keys DO influence keyboard.down. Holding down Shift will type the text in upper case.

# File 'lib/playwright_api/keyboard.rb', line 63

def down(key)
  wrap_impl(@impl.down(unwrap_impl(key)))
end