arex1337 / send_keys

This jQuery plugin will emulate typing of the input string into one or several text fields (<input type="text" /> or <textarea></textarea>). The plugin does this by iterating throught the input string and setting the elements value character by character while triggering the proper keyboard events.

send_keys

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Description

This jQuery plugin will emulate typing of the input string into one or several text fields ( or <textarea></textarea>). The plugin does this by iterating throught the input string and setting the elements value character by character while triggering the proper keyboard events.

Installation

Download the .js file in the lib directory and put it in your page.

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.send_keys-XXX.js"></script>

You're ready to go.

Usage

$('#someInputId').send_keys('hello'); Will type 'hello' in the element with id="someInputId", provided that the element in a text input or a textarea $('textarea').send_keys('world'); Will type 'world' in all <textarea>s on the page

Tests

In the tests directory you will find QUnit based unit tests.

License

Copyright (c) 2010 T. Alexander Lystad [e-mail] Licensed under the GPL license, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html