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keyboard.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<input id="txt" />
<script>
var txt = document.getElementById("txt"),
e = document.createEvent("TextEvent");
e.initTextEvent("textInput", true, true, null, "a");
txt.focus();
txt.dispatchEvent(e);
/* The following is the sequence of events
* WebKit generates when hitting backspace
*/
e = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
e.initKeyboardEvent("keydown", true, true, null, "U+0008", 0);
txt.dispatchEvent(e);
e = document.createEvent("Event");
e.initEvent("input", true, true, null);
txt.dispatchEvent(e);
e = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
e.initKeyboardEvent("keyup", true, true, null, "U+0008", 0);
txt.dispatchEvent(e);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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