testing-library / testing-library/user-event
feat: skip special character parsing
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Description
@ph-fritsche Maybe add an option to skip detection of key descriptors? Something like:
userEvent.type(input, '{"foo":"bar"}', { skipSpecialCharacters: true })
Originally posted by @lynxtaa in https://github.com/testing-library/user-event/issues/584#issuecomment-800922956
An alternative might be to export this workaround as a utility:
userEvent.type(input, '{"foo":"bar"}'.replace(/[{[]/g, '$&$&'))
// would become
userEvent.type(input, escapeKeyboardInput('{"foo":"bar"}'))
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing key-descriptor parsing entry point and the behavior shown in the issue examples. Decide whether the feature should be an option or an escape utility, then verify that JSON-like input is typed without special-character parsing and that the chosen API is covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100