press

Issues a single key press. Use + to combine modifiers, e.g. Meta+Enter, Control+Shift+P.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`key`	`string`	Yes	Key name or chord (e.g. `Enter`, `Meta+Enter`).
`repeat`	`number`	No	Number of times to repeat the press.
`delay`	`number`	No	Milliseconds between key down and key up.
`convertMeta`	`boolean`	No	Translate `Meta` to `Control` on non-mac platforms.
`saveAs`	`string`	No	Name of the variable to write this step’s return value to.
`retries`	`number`	No	Number of times to retry the step on failure before failing the test.
`skipped`	`boolean`	No	Skip this step at execution time.

Key name as a single string.

- press: Enter

- press:
    key: Meta+Shift+Enter

- press:
    key: Control+Shift+Enter
    convertMeta: true

- press:
    key: ArrowDown
    repeat: 3