A function for simulating key event in JavaScript. You just have to choose what key and keyboard event you want to simulate.

KeyEventSimulator.js

/**
 * Simulate a key event.
 * @param {Number} keyCode The keyCode of the key to simulate
 * @param {String} type (optional) The type of event : down, up or press. The default is down
 * @param {Object} modifiers (optional) An object which contains modifiers keys { ctrlKey: true, altKey: false, ...}
 */
function simulateKey (keyCode, type, modifiers) {
	var evtName = (typeof(type) === "string") ? "key" + type : "keydown";	
	var modifier = (typeof(modifiers) === "object") ? modifier : {};

	var event = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
	event.initEvent(evtName, true, false);
	event.keyCode = keyCode;
	
	for (var i in modifiers) {
		event[i] = modifiers[i];
	}

	document.dispatchEvent(event);
}

// Setup some tests

var onKeyEvent = function (event) {
	var state = "pressed";
	
	if (event.type !== "keypress") {
		state = event.type.replace("key", "");
	}
	
	console.log("Key with keyCode " + event.keyCode + " is " + state);
};

document.addEventListener("keypress", onKeyEvent, false);
document.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyEvent, false);
document.addEventListener("keyup", onKeyEvent, false);

// Using the function
simulateKey(38);
simulateKey(38, "up");
simulateKey(45, "press");

Also not working for me on Chrome Version 109.0.5414.120

some improvements and applied the function to typescript.

simulateKey(keyCode: number, type: string, modifiers: {[key: string]: any} = {'isTrusted': true}): void {
        const evtName = (typeof type === 'string') ? 'key' + type : 'keydown';
        const modifiersObj = (modifiers instanceof Object) ? modifiers : {};

        const event = new KeyboardEvent(evtName, { keyCode });

        Object.assign(event, modifiersObj);

        document.dispatchEvent(event);
    }

what to call

simulateKey(38);
simulateKey(38, "up");
simulateKey(45, "press");

Tested on Chrome ( Version 110.0.5481.77 (Official Version) 64-bit)