Send key F3 without input

I am newbie on cypress.

I need write a test with F3 send key to page.

I wrote this (114 = charcode key for F3):

cy.get('body').type('{114}')  // (not ok) 
cy.get('body').type('{{114}') // (not ok)

Pease help

[jennifer-shehane]

The only special characters built in to Cypress are listed in the docs here. There is not a special character for {114}.

You should be able to trigger the keydown event with the character code needed for F3 using .trigger() like this:

cy.get('body').trigger('keydown', { keyCode: 114, which: 114 })

Let me know if this works.

[peetjvv]

I recently ran into a similar issue and came across this thread. In my case I had to trigger a Backspace. Unfortunately @jennifer-shehane 's suggestion didn’t work. I later learned that keyCode is deprecated in KeyboardEvent, but using key worked for me.

Here is my code:

cy.get('body').trigger("keydown", { key: "Backspace" });