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Simulate a paste event in Cypress
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/** | |
* Simulates a paste event. | |
* | |
* @param pasteOptions Set of options for a simulated paste event. | |
* @param pasteOptions.destinationSelector Selector representing the DOM element that the paste event should be dispatched to. | |
* @param pasteOptions.pastePayload Simulated data that is on the clipboard. | |
* @param pasteOptions.pasteFormat The format of the simulated paste payload. Default value is 'text'. | |
*/ | |
function paste({ destinationSelector, pastePayload, pasteType = 'text' }) { | |
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/paste_event | |
cy.get(destinationSelector).then($destination => { | |
const pasteEvent = Object.assign(new Event('paste', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }), { | |
clipboardData: { | |
getData: (type = pasteType) => pastePayload, | |
}, | |
}); | |
$destination[0].dispatchEvent(pasteEvent); | |
}); | |
} |
Not working for me too. It pastes "internalCopy" as a value.
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@nnaydenow
If you only have one
<input />
then no need foreq()
, you should just select that one input, also my inputs have a customonPaste
also not sure why you need
click()
listener:
But in my case is an array of inputs.