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