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dispatchEvent(type, eventInit, [options])

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

ParameterTypeDefaultsDescription
typestring''DOM event type e.g. 'click'.
eventInitobjectnullOptional event specific properties. See eventInit for more details.
optionsobjectnull
options.timeoutnumber30000Maximum 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:

Example

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

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

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

  page.close();
}