My Puppeteer script fails to submit a form after simulating an ‘Enter’ key press. How can I correctly trigger the submission?
// Click the search icon
await controller.clickElement('#search-icon');
// Focus on the search input
await controller.focusField('#search-input');
// Type a query string
await controller.inputText('Example Query');
// Simulate the Enter key press
await controller.emulateKeyPress('Enter');
hey, try using page.keyboard.press(‘Enter’) directly with a slight delay; sometimes the form doesn’t catch the keyup event if it’s too fast. might be device timing issue
I encountered a similar problem when developing my own Puppeteer automation. I found that mimicking Enter key events sometimes failed because the focus management wasn’t perfectly in sync with the input change events. In my case, it helped to ensure that the input field was fully ready before sending the key press by waiting for a confirmation. Instead of using emulateKeyPress, I switched to using page.keyboard.press(‘Enter’) after confirming that the field was in focus, which provided more reliable results given the asynchronous nature of browser events.
I faced a similar issue where simulating an Enter key press didn’t trigger the form submission as expected. My solution involved ensuring that the element was fully engaged for input before sending the key event. I waited for the input field to be visibly active using page.waitForSelector and verified that focus was correctly placed on the field. This extra step helped overcome any timing issues where the browser might not register the key input if it occurred too early. Implementing these delays made my automation run more reliably.
hey, i solved mine by dispatching the submit event inside page.evaluate instead of using a simulated key. sometimes the key event gets missed. try ensuring the form is in focus then trigger submit() directly.