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User Event

@testing-library/user-event

Fire events the same way the user does

Testing
react-testing-library
dom-testing-library
react
testing
@testing-library/user-event
javascript
npm
frontend
open source
ui
Stars
1.5k
Weekly
35M
Open issues
18
Bundle
~15 kB

Installation

npm install @testing-library/user-event

Code example

import { UserEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";

export function Example() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>User Event</h2>
      <UserEvent />
    </div>
  );
}

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Actively maintained by Giorgio Polvara
  • 35M weekly downloads. Battle tested
  • First-class TypeScript definitions
  • MIT licensed

Considerations

  • Adds roughly ~15 kB to your bundle
  • Needs client-only rendering in SSR frameworks
  • Not supported in React Native
  • 18 open issues on GitHub

FAQs

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