dispatchEvent(type, eventInit, [options])

Dispatches HTML DOM event types e.g. 'click'.

Parameter	Type	Defaults	Description
type	string	`''`	DOM event type e.g. `'click'`.
eventInit	object	`null`	Optional event specific properties. See eventInit for more details.
options	object	`null`
options.timeout	number	`30000`	Maximum time in milliseconds. Pass `0` to disable the timeout. Default is overridden by the `setDefaultTimeout` option on BrowserContext or Page.

eventInit

Since eventInit is event-specific, please refer to the events documentation for the lists of initial properties:

Returns

Type	Description
`Promise<void>`	A Promise that fulfills once the event is dispatched.

Example

import { browser } from 'k6/browser';

export default async function () {
  const page = await browser.newPage();

  await page.goto('https://test.k6.io/browser.php');
  const button = page.locator('#counter-button');
  await button.dispatchEvent('click');

  await page.close();
}