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---
sidebar_label: Keyboard
---
# Keyboard class
Keyboard provides an api for managing a virtual keyboard. The high level api is [Keyboard.type()](./puppeteer.keyboard.type.md), which takes raw characters and generates proper keydown, keypress/input, and keyup events on your page.
#### Signature:
```typescript
export declare abstract class Keyboard
```
## Remarks
For finer control, you can use [Keyboard.down()](./puppeteer.keyboard.down.md), [Keyboard.up()](./puppeteer.keyboard.up.md), and [Keyboard.sendCharacter()](./puppeteer.keyboard.sendcharacter.md) to manually fire events as if they were generated from a real keyboard.
On macOS, keyboard shortcuts like `⌘ A` -&gt; Select All do not work. See [\#1313](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/1313).
The constructor for this class is marked as internal. Third-party code should not call the constructor directly or create subclasses that extend the `Keyboard` class.
## Example 1
An example of holding down `Shift` in order to select and delete some text:
```ts
await page.keyboard.type('Hello World!');
await page.keyboard.press('ArrowLeft');
await page.keyboard.down('Shift');
for (let i = 0; i < ' World'.length; i++)
await page.keyboard.press('ArrowLeft');
await page.keyboard.up('Shift');
await page.keyboard.press('Backspace');
// Result text will end up saying 'Hello!'
```
## Example 2
An example of pressing `A`
```ts
await page.keyboard.down('Shift');
await page.keyboard.press('KeyA');
await page.keyboard.up('Shift');
```
## Methods
<table><thead><tr><th>
Method
</th><th>
Modifiers
</th><th>
Description
</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>
[down(key, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.down.md)
</td><td>
</td><td>
Dispatches a `keydown` event.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
[press(key, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.press.md)
</td><td>
</td><td>
Shortcut for [Keyboard.down()](./puppeteer.keyboard.down.md) and [Keyboard.up()](./puppeteer.keyboard.up.md).
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
[sendCharacter(char)](./puppeteer.keyboard.sendcharacter.md)
</td><td>
</td><td>
Dispatches a `keypress` and `input` event. This does not send a `keydown` or `keyup` event.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
[type(text, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.type.md)
</td><td>
</td><td>
Sends a `keydown`, `keypress`/`input`, and `keyup` event for each character in the text.
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
[up(key)](./puppeteer.keyboard.up.md)
</td><td>
</td><td>
Dispatches a `keyup` event.
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>