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ElectronWebContents.sendInputEvent method

ElectronWebContents › sendInputEvent

Unofficial

Injects a trusted input event into the page, driving the same input pipeline a real user produces (unlike untrusted dispatchEvent, which CodeMirror and the CSS :hover engine ignore).

Signature:

sendInputEvent(inputEvent: ElectronKeyboardInputEvent | ElectronMouseInputEvent | ElectronMouseWheelInputEvent): void

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
inputEvent ElectronKeyboardInputEvent | ElectronMouseInputEvent | ElectronMouseWheelInputEvent The keyboard, mouse, or mouse wheel event to inject.

Returns: void