[Home](./index.md) > [puppeteer](./puppeteer.md) > [Keyboard](./puppeteer.keyboard.md) ## 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 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` -> 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: ```js 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` ```js await page.keyboard.down('Shift'); await page.keyboard.press('KeyA'); await page.keyboard.up('Shift'); ``` ## Methods | Method | Modifiers | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | [down(key, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.down.md) | | Dispatches a keydown event. | | [press(key, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.press.md) | | Shortcut for [Keyboard.down()](./puppeteer.keyboard.down.md) and [Keyboard.up()](./puppeteer.keyboard.up.md). | | [sendCharacter(char)](./puppeteer.keyboard.sendcharacter.md) | | Dispatches a keypress and input event. This does not send a keydown or keyup event. | | [type(text, options)](./puppeteer.keyboard.type.md) | | Sends a keydown, keypress/input, and keyup event for each character in the text. | | [up(key)](./puppeteer.keyboard.up.md) | | Dispatches a keyup event. |