dispatchevent--options--.md

title	excerpt	canonicalUrl
dispatchEvent(type, eventInit, [options])	Browser module: locator.dispatchEvent method	https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-browser/locator/dispatchevent/

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:

• DragEvent
• FocusEvent
• KeyboardEvent
• MouseEvent
• PointerEvent
• TouchEvent
• Event

Example

import { chromium } from 'k6/experimental/browser';

export default async function () {
  const browser = chromium.launch();
  const page = browser.newPage();
  
  await page.goto('https://test.k6.io/browser.php');
  const button = page.locator("#counter-button");
  button.dispatchEvent('click');
}