From c369389b5ea852ddd7a4b3ee3714d7afb3f8aa91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Barker <jebarker@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 16:45:57 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Send keypresses to text inputs as though as user has actually
 interacted with a form

---
 spec/driver_spec.rb | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 src/capybara.js     | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/driver_spec.rb b/spec/driver_spec.rb
index d067f9b..b2636bf 100644
--- a/spec/driver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/driver_spec.rb
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
                 var element = elements[i];
                 element.addEventListener("focus", recordEvent);
                 element.addEventListener("keydown", recordEvent);
+                element.addEventListener("keypress", recordEvent);
                 element.addEventListener("keyup", recordEvent);
                 element.addEventListener("change", recordEvent);
                 element.addEventListener("blur", recordEvent);
@@ -419,19 +420,27 @@ describe Capybara::Driver::Webkit do
       end
     end
 
+    let(:newtext) { 'newvalue' }
+
+    let(:keyevents) do
+      (%w{focus} +
+       newtext.length.times.collect { %w{keydown keypress keyup} } +
+       %w{change blur}).flatten
+    end
+
     it "triggers text input events" do
-      subject.find("//input[@type='text']").first.set("newvalue")
-      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == %w(focus keydown keyup change blur)
+      subject.find("//input[@type='text']").first.set(newtext)
+      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == keyevents
     end
 
     it "triggers textarea input events" do
-      subject.find("//textarea").first.set("newvalue")
-      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == %w(focus keydown keyup change blur)
+      subject.find("//textarea").first.set(newtext)
+      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == keyevents
     end
 
     it "triggers password input events" do
-      subject.find("//input[@type='password']").first.set("newvalue")
-      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == %w(focus keydown keyup change blur)
+      subject.find("//input[@type='password']").first.set(newtext)
+      subject.find("//li").map(&:text).should == keyevents
     end
 
     it "triggers radio input events" do
diff --git a/src/capybara.js b/src/capybara.js
index 8694bd7..27617d0 100644
--- a/src/capybara.js
+++ b/src/capybara.js
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ Capybara = {
     this.nodes[index].dispatchEvent(eventObject);
   },
 
+  keypress: function(index, altKey, ctrlKey, shiftKey, metaKey, keyCode, charCode) {
+    var eventObject = document.createEvent("Events");
+    eventObject.initEvent('keypress', true, true);
+    eventObject.window = window;
+    eventObject.altKey = altKey;
+    eventObject.ctrlKey = ctrlKey;
+    eventObject.shiftKey = shiftKey;
+    eventObject.metaKey = metaKey;
+    eventObject.keyCode = keyCode;
+    eventObject.charCode = charCode;
+    this.nodes[index].dispatchEvent(eventObject);
+  },
+
   visible: function (index) {
     var element = this.nodes[index];
     while (element) {
@@ -73,9 +86,13 @@ Capybara = {
     var type = (node.type || node.tagName).toLowerCase();
     if (type == "text" || type == "textarea" || type == "password") {
       this.trigger(index, "focus");
-      node.value = value;
-      this.trigger(index, "keydown");
-      this.trigger(index, "keyup");
+      node.value = "";
+      for(var strindex = 0; strindex < value.length; strindex++) {
+        node.value += value[strindex];
+        this.trigger(index, "keydown");
+        this.keypress(index, false, false, false, false, 0, value[strindex]);
+        this.trigger(index, "keyup");
+      }
       this.trigger(index, "change");
       this.trigger(index, "blur");
     } else if(type == "checkbox" || type == "radio") {