How to send keypress in nightwatch

You can try the following way to press any key in nightwatch.js; I am pressing T and it is working superb!

client.keys("t", function(done) {    client.pause(5000);    client.expect.element('#carousel_container').to.have.css('display').which.equals('block');});

We are using the above way because nightwatch.js Keys does not have any alphabet command in its array, I have consoled and I haven't found any alphabet to press it.

Keys:{ NULL: '',  CANCEL: '',  HELP: '',  BACK_SPACE: '',  TAB: '',  CLEAR: '',  RETURN: '',  ENTER: '',  SHIFT: '',  CONTROL: '',  ALT: '',  PAUSE: '',  ESCAPE: '',  SPACE: '',  PAGEUP: '',  PAGEDOWN: '',  END: '',  HOME: '',  LEFT_ARROW: '',  UP_ARROW: '',  RIGHT_ARROW: '',  DOWN_ARROW: '',  ARROW_LEFT: '',  ARROW_UP: '',  ARROW_RIGHT: '',  ARROW_DOWN: '',  INSERT: '',  DELETE: '',  SEMICOLON: '',  EQUALS: '',  NUMPAD0: '',  NUMPAD1: '',  NUMPAD2: '',  NUMPAD3: '',  NUMPAD4: '',  NUMPAD5: '',  NUMPAD6: '',  NUMPAD7: '',  NUMPAD8: '',  NUMPAD9: '',  MULTIPLY: '',  ADD: '',  SEPARATOR: '',  SUBTRACT: '',  DECIMAL: '',  DIVIDE: '',  F1: '',  F2: '',  F3: '',  F4: '',  F5: '',  F6: '',  F7: '',  F8: '',  F9: '',  F10: '',  F11: '',  F12: '',  COMMAND: '',  META: '' },

You can press any key in above array easily like "client.keys(client.Keys.ENTER);".

if you entend to send a simple key stroke, you can do it directly through the following

browser.keys('j')

this will simulate the pressing on the J key

but according to http://nightwatchjs.org/api#setValuethis should also do the job

demoTest = function (browser) {  browser.setValue('input[type=text]', ['this does the job', browser.Keys.ENTER]);};

So if you need a press a simple character, send it as string, otherwise use one of the special character in the key.json in the nightwatch package

    {  "NULL"        : "\uE000",  "CANCEL"      : "\uE001",  "HELP"        : "\uE002",  "BACK_SPACE"  : "\uE003",  "TAB"         : "\uE004",  "CLEAR"       : "\uE005",  "RETURN"      : "\uE006",  "ENTER"       : "\uE007",  "SHIFT"       : "\uE008",  "CONTROL"     : "\uE009",  "ALT"         : "\uE00A",  "PAUSE"       : "\uE00B",  "ESCAPE"      : "\uE00C",  "SPACE"       : "\uE00D",  "PAGEUP"      : "\uE00E",  "PAGEDOWN"    : "\uE00F",  "END"         : "\uE010",  "HOME"        : "\uE011",  "LEFT_ARROW"  : "\uE012",  "UP_ARROW"    : "\uE013",  "RIGHT_ARROW" : "\uE014",  "DOWN_ARROW"  : "\uE015",  "ARROW_LEFT"  : "\uE012",  "ARROW_UP"    : "\uE013",  "ARROW_RIGHT" : "\uE014",  "ARROW_DOWN"  : "\uE015",  "INSERT"      : "\uE016",  "DELETE"      : "\uE017",  "SEMICOLON"   : "\uE018",  "EQUALS"      : "\uE019",  "NUMPAD0"     : "\uE01A",  "NUMPAD1"     : "\uE01B",  "NUMPAD2"     : "\uE01C",  "NUMPAD3"     : "\uE01D",  "NUMPAD4"     : "\uE01E",  "NUMPAD5"     : "\uE01F",  "NUMPAD6"     : "\uE020",  "NUMPAD7"     : "\uE021",  "NUMPAD8"     : "\uE022",  "NUMPAD9"     : "\uE023",  "MULTIPLY"    : "\uE024",  "ADD"         : "\uE025",  "SEPARATOR"   : "\uE026",  "SUBTRACT"    : "\uE027",  "DECIMAL"     : "\uE028",  "DIVIDE"      : "\uE029",  "F1"          : "\uE031",  "F2"          : "\uE032",  "F3"          : "\uE033",  "F4"          : "\uE034",  "F5"          : "\uE035",  "F6"          : "\uE036",  "F7"          : "\uE037",  "F8"          : "\uE038",  "F9"          : "\uE039",  "F10"         : "\uE03A",  "F11"         : "\uE03B",  "F12"         : "\uE03C",  "COMMAND"     : "\uE03D",  "META"        : "\uE03D"}

A simple way of doing this is to use .keys() method name and then to pass the key name you want to press.

For example: The below command will press the Down arrow key..keys(browser.Keys.ARROW_DOWN)